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Cyrus Hall McCormick's first reaper pulled by two horses

Cyrus Hall McCormick

Cyrus Hall McCormick's first reaper pulled by two horses

Buckey mower pulled by a team of horses, 1901

Buckey mower

Buckey mower pulled by a team of horses, 1901

A Steam plow, 1901. The travel of the plows is at right angles to the travel of the engine.

Steam plow

A Steam plow, 1901. The travel of the plows is at right angles to the travel of the engine.

A farm house without landscaping.

Farm house

A farm house without landscaping.

A farm house with landscaping.

Farm house

A farm house with landscaping.

Boy hoeing a garden.

Boy with hoe

Boy hoeing a garden.

Boy with rake

Boy with rake

Boy with rake

Boy feeding pigs

Boy feeding pigs

Boy feeding pigs

Machine planter about 1900.

Machine Planter

Machine planter about 1900.

Corn planter about 1900.

Corn Planter

Corn planter about 1900.

Field corn planter about 1900.

Field CornPlanter

Field corn planter about 1900.

Field corn planter about 1900.

Field corn planter

Field corn planter about 1900.

Fertilizer distributor about 1900.

Fertilizer Distributor

Fertilizer distributor about 1900.

Grain drill about 1900.

Grain Drill

Grain drill about 1900.

A typical single-wheel hoe and cultivator, 1919.

Hoe and Cultivator

A typical single-wheel hoe and cultivator, 1919.

A typical double-wheel hoe and cultivator for straddling the rows, 1919.

Hoe and Cultivator

A typical double-wheel hoe and cultivator for straddling the rows, 1919.

A simple hotbed.

Hotbed

A simple hotbed.

Farmer plowing with two horses.

Plowing

Farmer plowing with two horses.

Beehives by an orchard.

Beehives

Beehives by an orchard.

Raking hay and loading it onto a wagon.

Raking hay

Raking hay and loading it onto a wagon.

The old woman talks to the haymakers. "haymakers, give me a wisp of hay."

Old Woman and Pig

The old woman talks to the haymakers. "haymakers, give me a wisp of hay."

A pair of timothy plants growing side by side, illustrating the difference in yield. Each one grew from a single seed.

Pair of timothies

A pair of timothy plants growing side by side, illustrating the difference in yield. Each one grew from…

Yields of adjacent rows in an ear-row test, showing the difference in yielding power of two ears that looked equally good.

Ear-row Test

Yields of adjacent rows in an ear-row test, showing the difference in yielding power of two ears that…

A bud ready for insertion, and the T-shaped cut ready to receive it.

Bud, Ready for Insertion

A bud ready for insertion, and the T-shaped cut ready to receive it.

The bud inserted.

The Bud, Inserted

The bud inserted.

The budding completed

The Budding, Complete

The budding completed

The grafting process complete (reduced in size)

Roof Grafting

The grafting process complete (reduced in size)

A small twig, used for grafting in agriculture.

Cion

A small twig, used for grafting in agriculture.

Cions properly inserter for a top-graft.

Top-graft

Cions properly inserter for a top-graft.

A top-graft, completed.

Top-graft

A top-graft, completed.

Ears of corn laid out for a germination test.

Germination test of ears of corn

Ears of corn laid out for a germination test.

Germination test of different ears of corn.

Germination Test

Germination test of different ears of corn.

Method of drying seed corn

Drying corn

Method of drying seed corn

A potato.

Potato

A potato.

A patch of soil and grass which has cracked after having been worked too fine in the fall.

Cracks in the soil

A patch of soil and grass which has cracked after having been worked too fine in the fall.

A roller. Crushes clods and packs the surface so as to keep the seed moist at the expense of increased evaporation.

Roller

A roller. Crushes clods and packs the surface so as to keep the seed moist at the expense of increased…

Man in a sparse cornfield.

Corn crop

Man in a sparse cornfield.

Bountiful corn crop on a farm that has raised livestock.

Large corn crop

Bountiful corn crop on a farm that has raised livestock.

A line of different types of oats in a planter.

Line of oats

A line of different types of oats in a planter.

A barn, with piles of manure around it.

Barn

A barn, with piles of manure around it.

A farmer spreading manure by throwing it in piles and spreading it around.

Spreading manure

A farmer spreading manure by throwing it in piles and spreading it around.

F farmer spreading manure with a shovel in a field.

Spreading manure

F farmer spreading manure with a shovel in a field.

A farmer spreading manure firectly from atop a wagon.

Spreading manure from a wagon

A farmer spreading manure firectly from atop a wagon.

A manure spreader in operation. The manure was pitched from the stable to the spreader, handled only once.

Manure Spreader

A manure spreader in operation. The manure was pitched from the stable to the spreader, handled only…

A good plow.

Plow

A good plow.

A farmer standing waist-deep in a field of buckwheat on land that was plowed early and well fitted.

Buckwheat field

A farmer standing waist-deep in a field of buckwheat on land that was plowed early and well fitted.

Farmer standing in a sparse and stunted field of buckwheat, which was on land that was plowed late.

Buckwheat field

Farmer standing in a sparse and stunted field of buckwheat, which was on land that was plowed late.

A smoothing harrow, which is a good tool for killing weeds and fitting land

Smoothing harrow

A smoothing harrow, which is a good tool for killing weeds and fitting land

A check-row corn-planter, which plants two rows at once and rows the corn both ways.

Check-Row Corn-Planter

A check-row corn-planter, which plants two rows at once and rows the corn both ways.

A lister, used for planting corn in semi-arid regions.

Lister

A lister, used for planting corn in semi-arid regions.

A normal rye plant.

Rye

A normal rye plant.

A weeder. A good weed killer, better than a smoothing-harrow on stony land.

Weeder

A weeder. A good weed killer, better than a smoothing-harrow on stony land.

An undesirable cultivator. Shovels are too large and the man is required to walk.

Cultivator

An undesirable cultivator. Shovels are too large and the man is required to walk.

A good riding cultivator.

Cultivator, riding

A good riding cultivator.

A planker, used for crushing clods of soil.

Planker

A planker, used for crushing clods of soil.

A spring-tooth harrow, particularly useful on stony land.

Spring-tooth harrow

A spring-tooth harrow, particularly useful on stony land.

A disc-harrow.

Disc harrow

A disc-harrow.

A closer view of a stalk of Kentucky blue-grass.

Kentucky blue-grass

A closer view of a stalk of Kentucky blue-grass.

Canada blue-grass, also known as wire-grass. Suitable for soils too poor to support Kentucky blue-grass.

Canada blue-grass

Canada blue-grass, also known as wire-grass. Suitable for soils too poor to support Kentucky blue-grass.

Awlnless brome grass, native to Russia.

Awnless brome grass

Awlnless brome grass, native to Russia.