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Farmers in Field with McCormick-Deering Lime Sower and Rotary Hoe

Date: 09 04 1925
Description: Farmers in a field with a horse-drawn McCormick-Deering lime sower and rotary hoe. To the right is a man sitting on a horse.
Photograph

Farmer Cultivating Field with Horse-Drawn Rotary Hoe

Date: 02 04 1925
Description: Farmer cultivating a field with a horse-drawn McCormick rotary hoe in front of silos and farm buildings.
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Farm near Columbus

Date: 04 27 1945
Description: Wisconsin Conference of Seventh Day Adventists farm on Duborg Road off of Highway 16 west of Columbus, Wisconsin. A farmer is holding two horses next to a ...
Book or Pamphlet

Empire Jr. Grain Drills Catalog

Date: 1915
Description: Cover of advertising catalog for the Empire Jr. line of grain drills manufactured by the American Seeding-Machine Company and sold by International Harvest...
Photograph

International Harvester Engine

Date: 1905
Description: Early International Harvester engine, probably a Titan, powering an elevator to lift silage into a silo. Two men in overcoats and two children in overalls...
Photograph

Feeding Yard at Chestnut Hills Farm

Date: 1915
Description: Men and cattle in the feeding yard near a barn on E.A. O'Neil's Chesnut Hills Farm.
Photograph

Hay Chopper

Date: 1938
Description: Two men and a hay chopper on the McAllister farm.
Photograph

Ensilage Cutter at Watts Farm

Date: 09 1930
Description: Men at the Watts farm use a No. 12 ensilage cutter to fill a silo.
Photograph

Farmer Operating Corn Binder

Date: 1914
Description: A man operates a horse-drawn corn binder in a field while others load stalks into wagons. A silo and two barns are in the background.
Photograph

Farmer Operating Corn Binder

Date: 1914
Description: Farmer operating a horse-drawn corn binder in a field. Two silos and a barn are in the background.
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

Man Filling Silo

Date: 1915
Description: A man is using a belt-driven silo filler powered by a Titan 15-30 or 12-24(?) tractor.
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...
Painting

A Farm Auction

Date: 
Description: An auctioneer, a clerk, and a helper stand on a stage on a farm conducting an auction as potential bidders surround them. Farming equipment and other items...
Painting

Corn Shredding

Date: 
Description: Two farm workers in the righthand foreground toss a corn bundle up to the horse-drawn corn shredding machine to be shredded. To the left, a man loads feed ...
Photograph

Spreading Lime on a Farm Field

Date: 06 25 1927
Description: Fred H. Conners is walking behind a lime spreader pulled by two horses to fertilize field soil. A barn, silo, and other farm buildings are in the backgroun...
Photograph

Tractor Powered Silo Filler

Date: 1915
Description: Two men wearing long overcoats and hats are standing directly behind a large tractor or stationary engine being used to power a belt-driven ensilage cutter...
Photograph

Man Adjusting Wagon Reins

Date: 04 1926
Description: A man stands on the tongue of a wagon to fix the reins on a horse at Cutten Farms. A barn and other farm buildings are in the background.
Photograph

Man with Horse-Drawn Corn Planter

Date: 06 15 1926
Description: A man is smoking a pipe while operating a McCormick-Deering a horse-drawn corn planter in a farm field. A silo, barn, and other farm buildings are in the b...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Spreader

Date: 1932
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering spreaders. The poster features large color illustrations of a spreader and a man using a spreader in field and sma...

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