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Lyons Turkey Farm

Date: 11 1947
Description: Frank Lyons feeds a flock of turkeys on the Frank Lyons farm, Verona.
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Mr. and Mrs. Kapec with Strawberries

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Local fruit farmers Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kapec, Route 2, Madison, display a crate of home grown strawberries the size of golf balls.
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Harvesting Cucumbers

Date: 1941
Description: Catherine, Stanley and Sofia Pranica, a Polish family, harvesting cucumbers.
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Terrace Plowing Demonstration

Date: 09 27 1945
Description: Perry Carroll, Baraboo, and Carl Ribbke, on a tractor at a terrace plowing demonstration on the Ribbke farm near Ableman.
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Terrace Plowing Demonstration

Date: 09 27 1945
Description: Art Giese, Loganville, and state soil conservation committee members, Ben Rusy, Madison; M.H. Ward, Durand; and Paul Weis, Waunakee, inspecting a two-way p...
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Terrace Plowing Demonstration

Date: 09 27 1945
Description: Exhibit of new machinery at the terrace plowing demonstration and conservation field day on the Carl Ribbke farm near Ableman. Some of the 2,000 cars and b...
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Terrace Plowing Demonstration

Date: 09 27 1945
Description: Three farm wives are taking a break at the terrace plowing demonstration and conservation field day on the Carl Ribbke farm near Ableman. From left are Mr...
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Future Farmers of America

Date: 10 1946
Description: Group portrait of members of Future Farmers of America, taken for Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture.
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Bryant Dairy Farm

Date: 07 21 1947
Description: Two men showing a farmer milking equipment.
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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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Standard Oil Farm Meeting

Date: 08 04 1948
Description: View of speakers platform from the back of the room at a Standard Oil Co. farm meeting.
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The La Valle Story Photographs

Date: 05 03 1949
Description: John Gates, a farmer near La Valle, standing beside his tractor. He was once a saxophone player with a dance orchestra.
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Wisconsin Future Farmers of America

Date: 02 21 1950
Description: Group portrait of officers and advisory council members of the Wisconsin Future Farmers of America Council at Green Lake for a planning meeting.
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Farmers Helping Wesley Gordon

Date: 07 31 1952
Description: Wesley Gordon, unable to do his farm work due to hospitalization, was helped by about 30 neighbors to take care of Gordon's 35 acres of grain. They brought...
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Philharmonic Chorus Members

Date: 04 14 1953
Description: Dairy farmer and member of the Philharmonic Chorus, Donavon Doerfer, standing in his barn next to cows in stanchions.
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Mrs. Morris Voelker

Date: 02 01 1954
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Morris Voelker, Ellsworth, one of the women in attendance at the Farm and Home Week at the University of Wisconsin.
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Portrait of Albert Asp of Spring Brook, one of the many Wisconsin farmers who attended the University of Wisconsin's annual Farm and Home Week.
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Farm Short Course Reunion

Date: 01 27 1960
Description: A reunion of farm leaders whose education came through the Short Course is held each year during Farm and Home Week. These leaders, left to right, are Geor...
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Farm Short Course Reunion

Date: 01 27 1960
Description: The Farm Short Course is a 74-year-old institution at the University of Wisconsin which has enrolled 12,414 students over the years. Attending the reunion ...
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Farm Short Course Reunion

Date: 01 27 1960
Description: Attending the University of Wisconsin Farm Short Course reunion are Clarence Bruins, Brandon, Class of 1921; Harold Giese, Prairie du Sac, Class of 1925; E...

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