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Getting Ready for Spring
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Rear view of a man driving a tractor, which is pulling a manure spreader. Caption reads: "GETTING READY FOR SPRING - A farmer took advantage of a nice winter day to get out into the fields near Athens in Marathon County and spread manure on his land to prepare the ground for spring planting."
March 19, 1985
Gessert, Sherman A., Jr.
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Dry Fields
May 8, 1986
Slightly elevated view of a man driving a tractor across a field, sending dust clouds into the air. Caption reads: "Dry fields were evident as a farmer prepared a field for planting west of West Be...
Plowing for a good old Wisconsin Harvest
Rear view of four men plowing fields, assisted by teams of horses. Caption reads: "11. Plowing for a good old Wisconsin Harvest."
Plowing with Model "W" 12-20 H.P. Cletrac Tractor
March 1921
Rear view of a man driving a tractor. An attached plow is plowing the field behind him. Caption reads: "Plowing with Model 'W' 12-20 H.P. [horsepower] Cletrac with three 12" bottom mouldboard plow....
W-4 Tractor with No. 200 Manure Spreader
1950
Left side view of a farmer in a field pulling a No. 200 manure spreader with a McCormick standard W-4 tractor.
Commencement of Spring Work
January 1884
Illustration of a man attaching a plow to a horse team. A boy is adjusting the bridle for one of the horses, and a dog sitting in the foreground is looking at him. A house is in the distance.
Allis-Chalmers Model "C" Tractor
A man is driving a tractor. Caption reads: "First choice on thousands of farms is the versatile Allis-Chalmers MODEL 'C' TRACTOR with its matched line of front-mounted, hydraulically lifted, two-ro...
