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Brood Coops on Poultry Farm

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of chickens standing around multiple brood coops on a poultry farm. A farmhouse and other farm buildings are in the background.
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Manure Pile Near House

Date: 04 1926
Description: View of a manure pile near a barn. Used to demonstrate the dangers of placing waste too near to a house. A rooster is standing atop the pile, and a bicycle...
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Men with Lime Pulverizer

Date: 1920
Description: A man is feeding limestone into a "Jeffrey lime pulver" powered by an International tractor. A pile of rocks is in the foreground, and a farmhouse and anot...
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Examples of "Poorly Pruned" Trees

Date: 05 1925
Description: Decaying stubs of trees on along fence of a property demonstrate the effects of what the original caption describes as "poor pruning."
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Backyard Garden of Farmhouse

Date: 05 1925
Description: Backyard garden and fence of farmhouse.
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Farmhouse Garden

Date: 09 1923
Description: View from field of a farm property, including the farmhouse garden.
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Farmhouse's Planting and Fence

Date: 1924
Description: View from a rural road to a farmhouse demonstrating its landscaping and what the original caption describes as a "novel fence." The large barn in the backg...
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"Poorly Arranged" Home Landscaping

Date: 1924
Description: Farmhouse with landscaping of shrubbery. Original caption reads: "Nice possibilities, poor arrangement, no planting plan."
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Washed and Gullied Field

Date: 06 1927
Description: View of a washed and gullied field on the farm of LeRoy LeFevre. A farmhouse, barns, windmill, and other structures are in the background.
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Beware of Dog

Date: 05 1926
Description: A dog crouches behind a fence where a "Beware of Dog" sign hangs. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department ...
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Farmhouse and Barnyard

Date: 04 1926
Description: Chickens stand in a barnyard surrounding a farmhouse. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to illustrat...
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Farmer with Corn Planter with Fertilizer Attachment

Date: 1921
Description: A man is operating a horse-drawn McCormick corn planter with a fertilizer attachment in a field. A dirt road, barn and farmhouse are in the background acro...
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Farming with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A man using a McCormick grain binder pulled by horses to work in a field. In the background is a barn, windmill and several other farm buildings.
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Men with Big 4 Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: Two men are leading horses in pulling McCormick Big 4 mowers near a brick farmhouse. A girl wearing a dress and hat is sitting on a horse in the foreground...
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Farming with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using a McCormick grain binder pulled by horses to work in a field. In the background is a barn, windmill and several other farm buildings.
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Horse-Drawn McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of a man using two horses to pull a McCormick grain binder through a farm field. A barn and farmhouse are in the background on a hill.
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Farm Scene with Corn Binder

Date: 1910
Description: A man using a team of horses to pull a Deering(?) corn binder across a barnyard. Another man, cows, a windmill, and farm buildings are in the background.
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Farm Scene

Date: 1899
Description: A man wearing overalls, a man with a dog, and a man driving a team of two horses are posing among a herd of cows on a farm. Several barns, a fence, another...
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Poultry Yard

Date: 1899
Description: Chickens stand in a fenced-in yard among rows of poultry houses. A farmhouse and other buildings stand in the background.
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Dunbar's Camp

Date: 1900
Description: View downhill toward four men standing on the side of the road, with two men leaning against a fence, and one sitting on the fence. To the right is a cornf...

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