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Corn Testing in Cook County Schools
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Farmers and Cook County students headed to a corn testing session in horse-drawn wagons. Original caption reads: "The farmers of this district were interested enough to bring their teams and haul the pupils to a 'bunch' house, a half-mile away, where the testing was done."
1913
International Harvester Company
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Students Preparing for Corn Testing Lesson
1913
View from rear of a group of students approaching a school where lessons in corn testing are to be given. Several students are sitting on a wagon, and five boys are standing and holding sacks of co...
School Children at Corn Testing Lesson
1913
Group of school children gathered outdoors with a teacher examining corn kernels after germination.
Student Testing Corn
1917
A boy at Mount Prospect High School testing corn as part of the Cook County School Home Project.
Man Loading Wagon with Corn Stalks
October 22, 1922
Man in field loading a horse-drawn wagon with silage corn.
Farmers with Corn
1913
Three farmers standing near a wagon loaded with bags of corn as they deliver their product for testing. Two of the men are wearing winter coats with fur-trimmed hoods, and several farm buildings ar...
Men Loading Wagon
1920
View across a field of two men loading corn into a horse-drawn wagon. On the right are corn shocks.
