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Children with Lecturer

Date: 1924
Description: At Louisiana State University, an instructor lectures a group of children on agriculture using charts prepared by International Harvester Company. The lect...
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Caught at the Milk Station

Date: 1913
Description: Mr. J.E. Waggoner, International Harvester Company Agricultural Extension Dept. employee, delivering roadside alfalfa lecture to a crowd of farmers arrivin...
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Crowd Gathered to Watch International Harvester Film

Date: 07 07 1929
Description: Rural farming crowd gathered to watch an International Harvester film on the side of a barn. The event was staged by J.H. Matthews, an International Harves...
Book or Pamphlet

Drain the Wet Land

Date: 04 15 1930
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. The cover shows a man standing near a drainage ditch. The bookl...
Book or Pamphlet

Corn — America's Greatest Crop

Date: 02 03 1931
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. The cover includes photographs of a corn cob, a farmer culitvat...
Book or Pamphlet

Land of Plenty

Date: 1950
Description: Cover a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. The cover includes an illustration of a farm with cows in the fore...
Book or Pamphlet

For More and Hardier Alfalfa in the Northwest

Date: 05 25 1928
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department on how to produce quality alfalfa crops. The title of the bookle...
Book or Pamphlet

Alfalfa for Fertility, Feed, and Seed

Date: 11 15 1929
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to promote the merits of alfalfa and the production of quality c...
Book or Pamphlet

Have a Silo

Date: 01 16 1928
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. The cover includes an illustration of a farm with a barn and si...
Photograph

Aerial View of Agricultural Buildings

Date: 1946
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on isthmus, including the Agricultural campus and men's dormitories. Part of Lake Mendota is in the top right corner...
Photograph

Dangerous Operating Position

Date: 07 1927
Description: A man driving a team of four horses while standing on the front standard of a wagon loaded with what appears to be hay. Photograph taken for International ...
Photograph

Dangers while Unhitching Horses

Date: 07 1927
Description: A man unhitches horses from a wagon. Photograph taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Department to illustrate the dangers of leaving one tug un...
Photograph

Grain Binder Hazards

Date: 07 1927
Description: A man is reaching into the moving packer arms of a grain binder, while another man is driving a team of horses pulling the machinery across a field at the ...
Photograph

Danger of Binder Reels

Date: 07 1927
Description: A man is reaching in between reels on a grain binder hitched to several horses on the farm of Peter Ricker.
Photograph

Children Too Near Grain Binder

Date: 07 1927
Description: Two children are walking closely behind a man operating a grain binder pulled by a team of four horses through a field, illustrating the dangers of standin...
Photograph

Dangers of Moving Machinery

Date: 08 1927
Description: A man is climbing on a moving harvester-thresher (combine), illustrating an agricultural hazard for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Depart...
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Presentation by Ohio Governor Cox

Date: 1913
Description: Governor Cox stands on a platform to address a crowd on the subject of alfalfa at the farm of Joe Wing.
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Group of People at Alfalfa Campaign Talk

Date: 
Description: Group of men, women and children gather outside around a man lecturing about growing alfalfa.

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