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Two Men near Farmall Tractor

Date: 1945
Description: Two men, probably Gleb Ilyin (left) and C.O. Johnson, standing near a Farmall M tractor, some cows and a stack of hay. Ilyin is described in an original ca...
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...
Photograph

Filling Silo

Date: 10 22 1922
Description: Two men are unloading silage from a wagon into a silo filler on the farm of Adolph Eichherst. The silo filler is hooked up to a belt for power. Original ca...
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Men Pouring Cement for Silo Foundation

Date: 1920
Description: Two men wearing hats pouring cement from a bucket into a wooden form to build a foundation for a silo. Behind them is a farm building.
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Men Digging for Future Silo

Date: 1915
Description: Three men breaking ground for a silo.
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Two Men at Silo Construction Site

Date: 1915
Description: One man is using a hand crank to pull a bucket of earth from the bottom of a pit silo. Another man stands behind him.
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Men Working on Construction of Silo

Date: 1915
Description: Men working on the construction site for a new silo. Three men work in a pit to establish the foundation, and three other men work in the background near a...
Photograph

Men Filling Silo

Date: 1918
Description: Men are using a silo filler powered off of a belt attached to a tractor.
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Man Loading Silage from Trench Silo on Wagon

Date: 1924
Description: View looking down snow-covered slope towards a horse attached to a small sleigh standing in a trench. At the back of the trench a man is pitching silage fr...
Photograph

Preparation for Pit Silo

Date: 1915
Description: Three men working at a site for a new pit silo on an International Harvester demonstration farm.
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Man Smoothing Walls for Pit Silo

Date: 1915
Description: Man working on the construction of the walls for a pit silo. Original caption reads: "J.G. Haney using gauge for smoothing walls of pit silo."
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Pit Silo with Derrick

Date: 1917
Description: Pit silo with derrick in a snow-covered farm yard. Cows stand behind the silage box.
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Tobacco Weeding

Date: 06 1968
Description: Farmer weeding in a tobacco field.
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First Hay

Date: 1952
Description: A woman is driving a horse-drawn hay wagon pulling a hay loader on the William Houser Farm. A child and a man, each with a hay fork, are riding on the load...

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