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Tower Rock Farm

Date: 06 23 2012
Description: View of the Tower Rock Farm, which is owned by the Gasser family. A large bush obscures the view of the house.
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The Farm

Date: 08 2013
Description: View of a weathered old barn on the family dairy farm. The sliding doors are open, and there is one small window just under the roof at the gable end of th...
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Retired Farmers

Date: 10 2013
Description: Two retired farmers, Richard Quinney, photographer, on the right wearing a baseball cap with the phrase "Life is good" stitched on it, and his cousin, wear...
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Farmstead

Date: 10 2013
Description: View across farmyard towards a silo standing in a corner made by two barn buildings. The barn is made of wood on a stone foundation, and is showing signs o...
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Dekalb County Wind Towers

Date: 11 2013
Description: View across fence-lined road towards windmills and power lines in a field. A small wire fence separates the field from the road. Farm buildings are in the ...
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Driftless Farmyard

Date: 05 2014
Description: View up sloping edge of a farmyard. In the foreground is an open gate, a birdhouse on a post, and rock outcroppings. Along the fence in the background are ...
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Seabed on the Hill

Date: 05 2014
Description: View across fence and road towards a house on a hill of outcroppings in the Driftless Area. There are fence lines, telephone and electric poles, and a few ...
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Cows Grazing in Water

Date: 05 2014
Description: View across fence towards two cows standing a field flooded from spring rains. A Canada goose is swimming near a tree in the background on the right. In th...
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In the Pasture at the Farm

Date: 05 2014
Description: View across field towards two young cows grazing on a hilly pasture. There is a bur oak in the distance at the bottom of the pasture, and beyond is a pond.
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Chicken House

Date: 07 2014
Description: View of an abandoned chicken coop next to an empty and rusting corn crib on a farm. Tall grass and weeds are growing in front. In the distance on the right...
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Old Farm Machinery

Date: 07 2014
Description: Farm equipment and machinery, including a corn elevator in the foregroung, stored in a grassy field. Cows are grazing in the background.
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Pigs in the Mud

Date: 07 2014
Description: Three pigs wallowing in the mud near the side of a wire fence. A trough of water is behind the pigs.
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Pig Lot at the Farm

Date: 09 09 2014
Description: View of a pasture on the Quinney farm, with a pig in the foreground on the left, and another pig eating from a metal feeder. A grain wagon is sitting at th...
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Abandoned Milkhouse in DeKalb County

Date: 12 25 2014
Description: An abandoned stone and wood milkhouse sitting in tall grass in a field. Farmhouses and farm buildings are in the distance.
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In Memory of Barbara Klokner

Date: 07 18 2015
Description: A sign next to a flowering bush on a hill reads: "In memory of Barb Klokner." In the background down the slope are red barn buildings with white roofs stan...
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Watering the Pigs at the Farm

Date: 08 10 2015
Description: A young boy in the foreground is standing just outside of a pig pen, and is holding a hose to spray water onto the pigs inside the pen. The pigs are wallow...
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View of the Farm in Late Summer

Date: 08 26 2015
Description: View from fence row across a green field towards farm buildings. Hay bales are stacked in rows near a farm buildings on the right. Trees stand tall among a...
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Road to the Farm

Date: 08 26 2015
Description: View of a long, paved driveway, bordered by trees and bushes, that goes down and up a hill. A red barn is partially visible among trees at the end of the d...
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Vegetable Farm

Date: 05 2019
Description: View of the vegetable garden at a vegetable farm outside of Palmer. There is a barn and a log structure in the background.

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