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Drilling Wheat

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Description: Elevated view of two men using agricultural machinery to drill (plant) wheat. "Superior" sign is on the machinery. A boy and a dog stand nearby. A horse an...
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Reforestation with 15-30 Tractor

Date: 1931
Description: Men use a McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor and a "reforestation machine" as they plant trees for timber production.
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Planting Norway Pine Seedlings

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Description: Floyd Everett drives a tractor as Franklin Kempf plants Norway Pine seedlings using a tree planting trailer hitched to the back of the tractor.
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Spring Planting

Date: 04 1987
Description: "Paul O. Koll readied his hilly terrain for spring planting."
Book or Pamphlet

Model 12-20 Yuba Ball Tread Tractor

Date: 1918
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Yuba Model 12-20 tractor, featuring an elevated view of two men using a Yuba half-track style crawler tractor to p...
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Men Planting at the Lake Nursery

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Description: Five men are planting a field, probably planting trees at the Lake Nursery. Behind them is a man standing near a farm building among rows of plants. Anothe...
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Men Planting at the Lake Nursery

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Description: Ten men are working in a field, probably planting raspberries at the Lake Nursery. Some of the men are standing watching. In the background are trees and h...
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Trout Lake Nursery, First Furrow

Date: 05 1911
Description: View across field towards a number of men working to clear a field. There is a team of horses pulling a plow to create a furrow, with a pine forest in the ...
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Workers Planting in Rice Field

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide of workers in a rice field planting rice. Carrie Chapman Catt described the conditions of rice plantations in her journal from h...
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McCormick-Deering 10-20 Tractor at Work in New Zealand

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Description: McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor pulling a plow in New Zealand. Two men and a dog watch as the tractor ascends a hill.
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Farmall H with Soil Pulverizers

Date: 1947
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man driving a Farmall H with soil pulverizers, with grass seeding attachment and seed box. Farm of Tom Stolen, Route...
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Preparing a Seed Bed

Date: 1925
Description: An Ojibwe man is standing and holding the reins of his team of two horses hitched to a harrow. Two boys are standing behind him. In the background are leaf...
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Man Driving McCormick-Deering Farmall Tractor to Pull Planter

Date: 05 16 1926
Description: Left side profile view of a man using a Farmall tractor to pull a planter in a field.

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