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Photograph

Milking the Cows

Date: 1929
Description: A woman runs the milking operation at the G.L. Hamon dairy farm.
Postcard

Farm Family

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of a farm couple and their daughter posing outdoors in front of a barn.
Photograph

Milking the Cows

Date: 
Description: Two men are sitting on stools milking cows in a barnyard within a log fence enclosure. Milking was usually done outside during the 19th century so in this ...
Painting

Residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis

Date: 1881
Description: Watercolor painting of farm and farmhouse, residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis.
Photograph

Horse-Powered Saw

Date: 1925
Description: Photographic illustration of two men cutting wood with a saw powered by horses on a treadmill. The horses and treadmill were added by an artist's drawing.
Photograph

Reynolds' Farm Yard

Date: 
Description: Marjorie Quinney and Henry and Howard Reynolds stand in front of the Reynold's family farmhouse with two horses and a dog.
Photograph

Man on Manure Spreader Pulling Out of Barn

Date: 1910
Description: Farmer on a horse-drawn manure spreader pulling out of barn. Another farm building is on the left. A small girl, possibly a daughter, is peering out from b...
Photograph

Engine Powered Silo Filler

Date: 1915
Description: Men using a stationary engine to power a silo filler. Two men are loading the silo filler while another man is standing in a horse-drawn wagon. Another man...
Photograph

Men Baling Hay Inside Barn

Date: 1913
Description: Men standing inside a barn and use an International Motor Baling Press, or hay press to bale hay.
Photograph

Men Filling Barn with Hay

Date: 1915
Description: Men loading hay into a barn with the help of an International 15-30 tractor. In the foreground a man is standing near the tractor.
Painting

Milking Time

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Description: A farm family takes part in milking time. The mother carries a milk can and a stripping bucket while the boy pushes milk cans on a cart toward the barn. Th...
Painting

Silo Filling

Date: 1980
Description: Farmers work cooperatively with their horse teams on silo-filling activities early in autumn. Rows of green forage are created in the fields and carried to...
Photograph

Men Loading Brick Silo near Brick Barn

Date: 11 12 1924
Description: Brick barn and silo. Two men are using a 15-30 tractor to power a silo filler.
Photograph

Hosing Down Silage

Date: 1916
Description: View of a man standing on a pile of corn hosing down the silage before loading a silo.
Photograph

Pitching and Loading Silage

Date: 1916
Description: View of a man pitching silage into ensilage cutter and blower near a barn and silo. Two other men are working behind the cutter and blower.
Photograph

Young Man Pitching Manure

Date: 1917
Description: Young man outside a barn pitching piles of manure. Original caption reads: "Union Pacific Silo Special Trip. Manure, J.A. Butler."
Photograph

Workers Raking Hay

Date: 1937
Description: Man with a horse-drawn hay rake in a field. Other field workers gather hay by hand in the background. Original caption reads, "raking heavy timothy hay int...
Postcard

Loading Hay into a Silo

Date: 
Description: View across barnyard towards five men on the William Fiebelkorn farm working with a wagon and conveyor belt to load hay into a silo. The barn has a stone f...

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