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Sweep Horsepower Threshing

Date: 1890
Description: Sweep horsepower threshing. Men and products lined up near the machinery with a large haystack on the left.
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Threshing with Horses

Date: 1900
Description: Threshing with horse sweep power and men at work.
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Percheron

Date: 1900
Description: A farmer shows off his percheron colt at the Wisconsin State Fair. At the turn of the century when a farmer's livelihood was dependent on his horses, the d...
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Simmins' Apiary

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Description: A portion of Simmins' home apiary. Two men working with bees, plus a few buildings, which are (from left to right): the factory, the apiary workshop, the e...
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Lyons Turkey Farm

Date: 11 1947
Description: Frank Lyons feeds a flock of turkeys on the Frank Lyons farm, Verona.
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Mr. and Mrs. Kapec with Strawberries

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Local fruit farmers Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kapec, Route 2, Madison, display a crate of home grown strawberries the size of golf balls.
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Sheep Shearing Contest

Date: 1951
Description: Winner Melvin Walker at work during a sheep shearing competition.
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Abel Dunning

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Description: Portrait of Abel Dunning (1811-1881), one of the first farmers to take up residence in Dane County and the brother of prominent pharmacist Philo Dunning.
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Harvesting Cucumbers

Date: 1941
Description: Catherine, Stanley and Sofia Pranica, a Polish family, harvesting cucumbers.
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Tornado Damage

Date: 06 23 1944
Description: Tornado damage at Truax Field area. Paul Gritzmacher and a cow are in the damaged barn.
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Tornado Damage

Date: 07 23 1944
Description: Tornado damage in Truax Field area. Albert Anderson is shown holding the wire of a fence that held him during the storm. Oscar and Elmer Anderson, Albert's...
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Farmall Drawn Planters

Date: 07 13 1928
Description: Rear view of a man driving a tractor pulling a planter in a field.
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Men and Boy with Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: A boy wearing a large floppy hat is sitting on a sickle-bar mower hitched to a team of horses. An older man, with a beard and a straw hat, and two younger ...
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Boy with Horses near Barn

Date: 09 20 1928
Description: Boy speaking to man while holding a team of horses near a large barn. A McCormick-Deering Weber wagon, manufactured by International Harvester, and a plow,...
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Farmall Drawn Cultivators

Date: 07 10 1928
Description: View towards two men driving Farmall tractors with cultivators in a field. There are farm buildings in the background.
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Farm Women Class

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Description: Summer camp for Wisconsin farm women on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair, with Wisconsin home economics leader Nellie Kedzie Jones. Mrs. Jones is pr...
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Spreading Lime

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Description: In a cloud of dust, two farmers spread lime on the field of C. Morris, Green Lake, with an endgate spreader drawn by a team of horses.
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Hot Formaldehyde Treatment

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Description: Agricultural extension demonstration on the William Wegert farm near Friendship. A group of farmers are watching a hot formaldehyde treatment on potatoes f...
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Farm Demonstration

Date: 1920
Description: A group of farmers listening to a talk by an agricultural extension representative (probably the man on the left).
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Livestock Exposition Judging

Date: 1959
Description: Slightly elevated view of one competitor parading her animal for the judges at the Southern Wisconsin Junior Livestock Competition, while Alice in Dairylan...

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