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Young Man Pitching Manure

Date: 1917
Description: Young man outside a barn pitching piles of manure. Original caption reads: "Union Pacific Silo Special Trip. Manure, J.A. Butler."
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Culling Demonstration

Date: 05 1919
Description: A group of individuals are gathered outdoors to examine chickens during a culling demonstration conducted by Professor Carrick of Purdue University.
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Butch Quirk Fills the Hopper

Date: 04 1964
Description: Thirteen-year-old John "Butch" Quick is photographed filling the hopper of his Cub Cadet tractor with fertilizer.
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International TD-6 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1947
Description: Students in Future Farmers of America learning in a field. Original caption reads: "E.W. Gills, F.F.A. advisor (in white duster) explaining proper lubricat...
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Farmhands Working with Cane

Date: 11 24 1915
Description: A group of farmhands, including young boys, stripping the fodder from the cane before it is taken to the press where the sap is extracted.
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Farmers Servicing Farmall Tractor

Date: 09 20 1935
Description: Men refueling and lubricating a Farmall tractor at a small service station on the farm of Tom Lanerty as a boy is looking on.
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McCormick Hay Rake

Date: 1913
Description: Rear view of a young boy driving a team of horses pulling a hay rake. In the far background a man is riding a mower behind another team of horses coming fr...
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Field of Alfalfa at IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 05 1931
Description: Two men work in a field, and another man drives a team of horses pulling a hay rake. Original caption reads: "Demonstration farms. Alfalfa, with and withou...
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Man and Boy on Manure Spreader in Field

Date: 1911
Description: Man and boy (possibly father and son) on farmland near a cornfield operating a horse-drawn No. 3 Clover Leaf manure spreader. A barn is in the background.
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Butch Quirk uses Cub Cadet as Desk Top

Date: 04 1964
Description: Butch Quirk with a Cub Cadet tractor. Original magazine caption states: "Scientific farmer Quirk uses tractor hood as desk top as he records variety of cor...
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Men and Boy Loading Hay onto DR-70 Truck

Date: 1938
Description: Two men and a boy load bales of hay from the bed of an International DR-70 truck into a barn. The original caption reads: "A DR-70 170-inch wheelbase truck...
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Young Boy with Corn Binder in Cleared Field

Date: 1900
Description: Young boy using a horse-drawn corn binder in a cornfield.
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Young Man Sitting on Hay Rake

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards a young man sitting on a horse-drawn dump rake pulled by a team of horses. In the background are hills.
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Two Young Men with Two Horse-Drawn Binders

Date: 1900
Description: View of two young men with two horse-drawn binders in a field. There is a wooden fence and trees behind them.
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Two People Using Horse-Drawn Binders in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View across section of harvested field towards two people, one a young boy, using horse-drawn McCormick binders. A man is standing off to the left watching...
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Group of Men with Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Six men posing with a man sitting on a horse-drawn corn binder in a cornfield. The horses are wearing horse collars.
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Men and Boys with Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man and two boys are standing near a man on a horse-drawn binder in a field. The horses are wearing fly-nets.
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Men Using Horse-Drawn Binders

Date: 1900
Description: Two men are using horse-drawn McCormick mowers in a field. A young boy is standing in the center foreground holding a roll of twine.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man wearing a suit is standing behind the binder. In the background people are standing and sitting near horse-drawn carriages.
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Men with Horse-Drawn Binder in Farmyard

Date: 1900
Description: Man and boy standing near a man riding on a McCormick horse-drawn binder in a farmyard, with a farmhouse in the background obscured by trees.

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