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Farming Primary Source Set

 

 

1790-1800:

Thomas Jefferson's design for a plow, ca.

For sale. The quantity of 389,565 acres of farm lands

 

1830-1850:

Broadside advertisement for an estate sale in Nelson County, Kentucky

Superior Stock Auction

 

1850-1860:

Life of George Washington--The farmer / painted by Stearns ; lith. by Régnier, imp. Lemercier, Paris.

Choice farm lands for sale! The Illinois Central rail road company is now prepared to sell about 1,500,000 acres of choice farming lands in tracts of 40 acres and upwards, on long credits and at low rates of interest ... [Chicago? Ill.

Farming Life in New England. [The Atlantic monthly. / Volume 2, Issue 10, August 1858]

Adjourned sale of real estate. The undersigned will sell at public auction on Wednesday, January 13th, 1858

The American farm book ...

1860-1890:

Report of Joseph Sanders, Superintendent of Farming

How to get a farm, and where to find one.

Ostrich farm, Hot Springs, Ark

Farmer's Pocket Companion

Farmer consulting Farmers' Almanac

1890-1900:

A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California. By C.F. Dowsett

A Jersey farmer and his wife

Colorado pigs / photo. by L.C. McClure, Denver.

Dry farm wheat in Colorado / photo. by L.C. McClure, Denver.

Circular and Price List of the Bettendorf All Steel "Handy" Farm Truck.

Evans Corn Planters

1900-1910:

Barley raised without irrigation, Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colo. Midland Ry. / photo. by L.C. McClure, Denver.

Artesian well pumping water for home and irrigation, Ormond, Fla

Grosse Isle duck farm, ten weeks old ducks

Cattle on the Grassmyer farm near Amherst, north of Riverdale, Nebraska.

Irrigable public lands to be located under the "Carey arid land act." where they may be scientific, intensive, reliable farming. [n. p.] [c. 1905].

Dry farm wheat, Van Tassel Ranch / photo. by L.C. McClure, Denver.

In the rice fields of La..

Radford & Sons, near Newark, Kearney County, Nebraska.

A prairie dairy farm, S.W., La..

Celery field.

Big-4 tractor pulling five grain binders in field

Farmers unloading beets, sugar factory, Loveland, Colo. / A. E. Dickerson, of Coshocton, Ohio.

Ostrich farm in California / photo by Harry M. Rhoads.

1910-1920:

An Ostrich as a trotting horse

Branding at the William Stock Farming Co., ca.

Farming, women farming using large machine

Farming, women using rakes and hoes

Farming, women driving horse-drawn plow

Farming, women riding large piece of farm machinery, two other women walking behind

Nine women working in field at farm in Oak Forest, Illinois

GIRL SCOUTS. FARMERETTES HARVESTING CROPS

The "Tornado" Tubular Silo

Big 4 tractor hitched to seven empty grain wagons in circle.

 


1920-1930:

Farming scenes. Three horses pulling disk II.

Farming scenes. Three horses pulling disk IV.

Farming scenes. Goats in barn.

Farming scenes. Farmer putting out milk cans.

Farming scenes. Farmer on team of horses II.

Farming scenes. Horse and wagon in field.

Farming scenes. Tobacco farm I

Farming scenes. Farm scene

Farming scenes. Corn field

Boys judging prize heifers at 4 H Club Fair at Charleston, W. Va. Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

House with clothesline and farmer leaning on rake

Turkey farm, group of turkeys walking to the left of the camera on a field where a man and small wooden buildings are visible

The farmer's standard of living; a socio-economic study of 2,886 white farm families of selected localities in 11 states.

President Coolidge on the farm, Plymouth, Vt..

1930-1940:

Livestock shelter on Charles Banta farm near Anthon, Iowa

Straw barn built by Lloyd Sampson for his chickens and livestock near Armstrong, Iowa

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Banta, farmers near Anthon, Iowa.

Farming of sharecropper, cut-over farmer of Mississippi bottoms.

Cattle pens, Pickaway Livestock Cooperative Association, central Ohio

Livestock display, county fair, Ohio

Livestock auction, San Angelo, Texas. Notice that picture includes spectators, auctioneer and livestock

Livestock on Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Drought corn. Central Georgia.

Cattle in cornfield ruined by drought and grasshoppers. Near Carson, North Dakota.

Corn, Kansas

FSA (Farm Security Administration) clients near Carutherville, Missouri.

Farmer handpicking corn near Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois.

Sheep in transit. Oneida County, Idaho.

1940-1950:

A Witwer dairy and cattle farm. Mr. Witwer also owns a chain of grocery stores. Near Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

A Witwer dairy and cattle farm. Mr. Witwer also owns a chain of grocery stores. Near Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (#2)

Cattle of Iowa corn farm, Grundy Country, Iowa.

Dairy cattle at Casa Grande Valley Farms, Pinal County, Arizona.

Dairy cattle eating while being milked, Casa Grande Valley Farms, Pinal County, Arizona.

Annual farm and home week.

Poultry farm, Manzanar Relocation Center, California / photograph by Ansel Adams.

 

 

 

1970-1990:

Seed Drill

Hay Rake on Tractor

Horse-Drawn Hay Rake

Mowing Machine at Eden Valley Ranch, 1918

Old Buck Rake

 



Unknown Year:

Public sale. On the day of at Warmick Furnace

Corn field on Henry James farm, El Jardin Tract

Corn field on Henry James farm, El Jardin Tract (2)

Established in 1835. John McElroy & Son. manufacturers of light and heavy farm wagons!

All Genuine Plows Bear This Label.

The "Continental" Rear Cut Mower

Our X Plows

Farm Buildings in the "Built in America" Collection:

William & Lucina Bowe Ranch, Livestock Barn, 330 feet southwest of House, Melrose vicinity, Silver Bow County, MT

Altman Farm, East side of Buckely Road, 0.5 mile south of Seven, Denver, Denver County, CO

Schlake Ranch, New Barn, 2300 East Washington Street, Petaluma, Sonoma County, CA

Thomas Powers Ranch, Livestock Barn, 4137 North Highway 224, Snyderville, Summit County, UT

Fort Buford, Old Stables Site, Fort Buford, Williams County, ND

Jones Livestock Barn, Tobaccoville Road (moved to South Main Street, Old, Bethania, Forsyth County, NC

Schlake Ranch, Poultry Complex, 2300 East Washington Street, Petaluma, Sonoma County, CA

Amaziah Burcham Farm, Livestock Barn, South Second Avenue, Millville, Cumberland County, NJ

Piper Farm, House, Sharpsburg vicinity, Washington County, MD

 
 
 
 
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