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Reaping Scene

Date: 1879
Description: Three men taking a break during harvesting. Their horse-drawn reaper raked the grain into rows as it cut. In the background are various farmstead buildings...
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Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Date: 1890
Description: Foldout cards in a 10-page brochure for Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co., Ltd., manufacturers of farm implements, based in Madison, WI. The top illustration is fo...
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"No More Crooked Rows"

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Description: Inside spread of 4-page advertising brochure for Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co. Limited with a chromolithograph of a Bonanza Forge Drop planter, "The only perfe...
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Testing Milking Machines

Date: 11 10 1937
Description: Three male workers testing the "Clean Easy Milker" milking machines at the Ben H. Anderson Mfg. Company, 3220 Atwood Avenue.
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Polishing Milking Machine Parts

Date: 11 10 1937
Description: Three workers polishing milking machine parts at the Ben. H. Anderson Mfg. Co., 3220 Atwood Avenue.
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Cultivator Demonstration

Date: 09 17 1936
Description: Slightly elevated view of a male worker in a field demonstrating a cultivator for the McKay Nursery. Other workers are in the field in the background.
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Farmer on Tractor

Date: 04 03 1930
Description: Photograph of a drawing of a farmer on a tractor.
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Combine on Hill Farm

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Two men operating Case 9-foot combine with a group of men observing, at University of Wisconsin Hill Farm.
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Combine Thresher and Tractor

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Two men are posing on a Nichols & Shepard combine thresher and Hart Parr tractor.
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Threshing Outfit

Date: 08 09 1928
Description: Nichols-Shepard Company store, located at 649 E. Mifflin Street, with men, tractor and threshing machine in front. Large sign in front reads: "This complet...
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Man on Combine

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Man cutting and threshing with Case 9-foot combine, at University of Wisconsin Hill Farm.
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Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1902
Description: Left side profile view of a farmer using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field.
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"Madison Girls" on International Harvester Manure Spreader

Date: 1910
Description: Four women are sitting on an International Harvester manure spreader. The women are identified as "Madison Girls," most likely employees at International H...
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Spray Bar on a Tractor

Date: 09 26 1947
Description: Man on tractor in field using a spray bar that was fabricated by Kupfer Foundry and Iron Works, Inc., 101-149 Waubesa Street.
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 02 1948
Description: Shown at the annual University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week looking over a hydraulic loader are, left to right: Louis Frese, Adolph Schedel, and Peter S...
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Power Mower

Date: 
Description: Cutting the grass with a large lawn mower near the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House (currently Camp Randall Stadium).
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Babcock Ceremony

Date: 1928
Description: Crowd seated on the lawn of Agriculture Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a ceremony honoring S.M. Babcock, inventor of the butter test.
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S.M. Babcock and Tester

Date: 06 09 1928
Description: S.M. Babcock, on the right, and his original milk butterfat tester at an honorary ceremony.
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Madison Kipp Lubricators

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Description: A magazine advertisement for Madison Kipp lubricators featuring a man operating a La Crosse Happy Farmer tractor with a three bottom plow.
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Buffalo Pitts Separator

Date: 1911
Description: Henry Dinkler and his brother with a Buffalo Pitts separator (thresher). They are outdoors in the snow near a row of trees.

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