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Book or Pamphlet

D.M. Osborne Catalog Cover

Date: 1899
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the D.M. Osborne Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features an illustration of a farmer in a barnyard w...
Photograph

Refilling a Silo

Date: 02 22 1927
Description: Two men are refilling a silo using a silo filler at the IHC Experimental Farm.
Photograph

Woman Straining Liquid

Date: 1920
Description: A woman standing under a rooftop near a doorway pouring liquid through what appears to be a cheesecloth strainer and into a clay pot.
Photograph

Lifke Barn

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Description: Arnold and Bernice Lifke were married 59 years ago, when Arnie returned from serving in the Marine Corp in the SW Pacific. They have lived on the farm most...
Photograph

Retzlaff Barn — Exterior

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Description: Milton and Adeline Retzlaff live a mile west of Theresa at W1346 Hwy 28 (Section 9). The Retzlaff's, who will be married 60 years in August, last milked co...
Photograph

Kiefer Barn

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Description: Leo and Nancy Kiefer, along with children, Ann and Julieanne, live at W1053 Allen Road (Section 27). Nancy's father, Harley Sellnow, and grandfather, Wm Se...
Photograph

Frank Barn — Exterior

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Description: Paul and Carol Frank live at N7409 Ferris Road (Section 33). Carol, who has lived on this farm most of her life, is a third generation. Her father, Rudy Pa...
Photograph

Beck Barn

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Description: Vernon and Alice Beck and son, Milan, live at W1057 Zion Church Road (Section 34). Their silo is 98 years old and the barn is 150 years old.
Photograph

Giese Barn

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Description: Gary and Sue Giese live at W1161 Zion Church Road (Section 27). Their granddaughter is Sydney Comstock. The Giese's milk 30 cows that produce about 1,000 l...
Photograph

Henckel Barn

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Description: Andrew and Jennifer Henckel & children, Luke and Leah, live at the end of a dead-end road at N7791 Freedom Road (Section 26).
Photograph

Cream Separator

Date: 11 1919
Description: Mrs. Irving Bielby operating a cream separator run by a gasoline engine at Babcock farm.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Ball Bearing Cream Separators

Date: 1935
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for "McCormick-Deering Ball Bearing Cream Separators with Stainless Steel Discs." Features a photograph of a man using a c...
Photograph

Schnitzler Barn

Date: 2004
Description: The John and Jeanie Schnitzler family live at N7861 Doyle Rd (Section 26). Pictured are: Kelly Clark, Jason, Jeanie, John, and Amanda Schnitzler. They curr...
Photograph

Gygax Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: Leroy and Mary Gygax have been married for 38 years and moved here in 1968. They produce 6,000 pounds of milk per day.
Photograph

Woman Chopping Wood

Date: 10 04 1923
Description: A woman wearing a dress using an axe to split a log into firewood. A hand-operated washing machine is standing in the yard of a farmhouse in the background...
Photograph

Farmer Inspecting a Litter of Piglets

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Description: A farmer inspects a sow and litter of six piglets in a pigpen.
Photograph

Spiegel Family Butchering Chickens

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Description: Six men of the Spiegel family stand outdoors around a long wooden table butchering chickens. The table is covered with large steel pots and pieces of meat....
Photograph

Filling Bottles with Maple Syrup

Date: 1971
Description: Milt Mehlberg filling bottles with finished maple syrup from his farm. Mehlberg is pouring syrup from a large sieve into a glass bottle. Several bottles an...
Photograph

Photographing Hay Baler

Date: 1961
Description: A man stands on a raised platform attached to a tractor with a camera while preparing to photograph a hay baler in a field on International Harvester's Hic...
Photograph

Man Holding Dairy Cow

Date: 06 03 1929
Description: A man wearing a hat and overalls holding a dairy cow in front of a farmhouse. Trees, a barn with a silo, and other dairy cows are seen in the background. T...

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