A fourteenth century illustration of ploughing the field using ox and plough equipment.

Fourteenth Century Ploughing Field Farming

A fourteenth century illustration of ploughing the field using ox and plough equipment.

A fourteenth century farmers harrowing the field. Harrowing is a cultivation method to break up clods and lumps of soil for finer finish.

Fourteenth Century Harrowing Field Farming

A fourteenth century farmers harrowing the field. Harrowing is a cultivation method to break up clods…

A planter is an agricultural farm implement towed behind a tractor, used for sowing crops through a field. It is connected to the tractor with a draw-bar, or a three-point hitch.

Combined Planter and Fertilizer

A planter is an agricultural farm implement towed behind a tractor, used for sowing crops through a…

This disk harrow is another farm implement that is used to cultivate the soil where crops are to be planted.

Disk Harrow

This disk harrow is another farm implement that is used to cultivate the soil where crops are to be…

A farm implement consisting of a heavy blade at the end of a beam, usually hitched to a draft team or motor vehicle and used for breaking up soil and cutting furrows in preparation for sowing.

Agricultural Plow

A farm implement consisting of a heavy blade at the end of a beam, usually hitched to a draft team or…

A farm implement consisting of a heavy blade at the end of a beam, usually hitched to a draft team or motor vehicle and used for breaking up soil and cutting furrows in preparation for sowing.

Tool Plow

A farm implement consisting of a heavy blade at the end of a beam, usually hitched to a draft team or…

A bin or boxlike device from which farm animals may eat, esp. such a device designed to allow a number of chickens to feed simultaneously or to release a specific amount of feed at regular intervals.

Poultry Drink Feeder

A bin or boxlike device from which farm animals may eat, esp. such a device designed to allow a number…

A bin or boxlike device from which farm animals may eat, esp. such a device designed to allow a number of chickens to feed simultaneously or to release a specific amount of feed at regular intervals.

Combination Fountain Feeder

A bin or boxlike device from which farm animals may eat, esp. such a device designed to allow a number…

An illustration of man on a farm with two young boys. He is pointing at a building with a weather vane on top of it.

Man Pointing

An illustration of man on a farm with two young boys. He is pointing at a building with a weather vane…

Farm implement for hauling hay or straw.

Hay Rack

Farm implement for hauling hay or straw.

A farm building for housing poultry

Chicken Coop

A farm building for housing poultry

Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields

Tea Harvester

Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields

A farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing

Motile Plow

A farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing

A farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture

Agricultural Cultivator

A farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil for aeration and weed control and conservation…

"Devices for lifting water are older than written history, and various forms of pumps are used on almost every farm in the country, every citizen being familiar with a number of ways of lifting water."—Government Printing Office, 1897

Homemade Jumbo Windmill

"Devices for lifting water are older than written history, and various forms of pumps are used on almost…

A floral border.

Floral Divider

A floral border.

An ornate border.

Ornate Border

An ornate border.

A border that resembles a chain.

Chain Border

A border that resembles a chain.

"The wind has blown the gate quite open wide; / To shut it, no one will step aside: / 'I have no business with another's gate,' / So thus the selfish man will surely prate: / An open gate, the cattle soon find out, / And trample in with hogs who root about; / A motley drove now wander o'er the ground, / And desolation, is seen around."—Barber, 1857

What is Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business

"The wind has blown the gate quite open wide; / To shut it, no one will step aside: / 'I have no business…

A scene from the Middle Ages, in which two people are plowing their land. One drives the oxen with a whip, while the other guides the plow. The original image is from a 14th century manuscript.

Plowing in the Middle Ages

A scene from the Middle Ages, in which two people are plowing their land. One drives the oxen with a…

A monument to represent the peaceful resolution of the border dispute between Argentina and Chile.

The Christ of the Andes

A monument to represent the peaceful resolution of the border dispute between Argentina and Chile.

"The Bordure of Border surrounds the field, and generally covers one-fifth of the shield."—Aveling, 1891

Bordure of Border Shield

"The Bordure of Border surrounds the field, and generally covers one-fifth of the shield."—Aveling,…

"The Fimbriated Cross is a cross having a border of another tincture, generally for the purpose of allowing it, if it be of metal, to be placed upon a field of another metal; the fimbration, or intervening border, being of a color to prevent the violation of the rule that 'metal cannot be placed upon metal, or color upon color.'"—Aveling, 1891

Frimbriated Cross

"The Fimbriated Cross is a cross having a border of another tincture, generally for the purpose of allowing…

A machine used to separate immature seeds from wheat, oats, rye, barley, and other grains. This diagram shows the process of how the machine works.

Diagram of a Fanning Mill

A machine used to separate immature seeds from wheat, oats, rye, barley, and other grains. This diagram…

A farmhouse surrounded by trees.

Farmhouse

A farmhouse surrounded by trees.

Blueprint of the design of a dairy barn.

Dairy Barn

Blueprint of the design of a dairy barn.

A dairy barn.

Dairy Barn

A dairy barn.

"Ventilating a barn having a silo at or near the center. The fresh air enters at AB, and finds its way to the foul-air shaft CE, passing out through the cupola F. The ventilators, CE, are spaces in the walls around the silo."—The Federal Digest, 1921

Barn Blueprint

"Ventilating a barn having a silo at or near the center. The fresh air enters at AB, and finds its way…

A barn used for beef cattle.

Barn

A barn used for beef cattle.

A side view of a barn used for beef cattle.

Cattle Barn

A side view of a barn used for beef cattle.

A feeding shed used for beef cattle.

Feeding Shed

A feeding shed used for beef cattle.

A barn used primarily to house horses.

Horse Barn

A barn used primarily to house horses.

A barn used to house horses and cattle.

Cattle and Horse Barn

A barn used to house horses and cattle.

An example of self-closing pen doors.

Pen Doors

An example of self-closing pen doors.

A tier of nests with a broody coop on top.

Tier of Nests

A tier of nests with a broody coop on top.

A barn used primarily to house sheep.

Sheep Barn

A barn used primarily to house sheep.

A perspective of a potato warehouse.

Potato Warehouse

A perspective of a potato warehouse.

A side angle view of a potato warehouse.

Potato Warehouse

A side angle view of a potato warehouse.

"A portable engine and feed grinder that saves frequent trips to the Grist Mill."—The Federal Digest, 1921

Portable Engine

"A portable engine and feed grinder that saves frequent trips to the Grist Mill."—The Federal Digest,…

An influential breed of sheep prized for its wool.

Merino Sheep

An influential breed of sheep prized for its wool.

An ancient Assyrian divider with an ornamental horse design.

Assyrian Divider 1

An ancient Assyrian divider with an ornamental horse design.

A decorative divider dating back from ancient Assyria.

Assyrian Divider 2

A decorative divider dating back from ancient Assyria.

This design features an adjustable plough allowing for the wing to pivot.

Landscaping Plough

This design features an adjustable plough allowing for the wing to pivot.

Agrostemma is also known as Rose Campion. The coeli-rosa fimbriata variety have petals with a border of hairs. These petals are known as nana.

Agrostemma Coeli-Rosa Fimbriata

Agrostemma is also known as Rose Campion. The coeli-rosa fimbriata variety have petals with a border…

This illustration represents a border or long piece of ground that can be marked out permanently with tiles, stones, or pebbles and filled in with sand or gravel. Each number represents a type of plant to be grown.

Design for Bedding

This illustration represents a border or long piece of ground that can be marked out permanently with…

Oncidium serratum flowers are usually rich, bright brown with a yellow border. The margins are crisped or very serrated.

Flower of Oncidium Serratum

Oncidium serratum flowers are usually rich, bright brown with a yellow border. The margins are crisped…

Pictured is a monument to the McIntosh apple erected by Popular Subscription in 1912. The monument reads "The original McIntosh red apple tree stood about twenty rods north of this spot. It was one of a number of seedlings taken from the border of the clearings and transplanted by John McIntosh in the year 1796".

Monument to the McIntosh Apple

Pictured is a monument to the McIntosh apple erected by Popular Subscription in 1912. The monument reads…

The numbers represent different plants in the French border pattern bedding. (1) marquerite, (2) coleus, (3) scarlet geranium, (4) <I>Cineraria maritima</I>, (5) <I>Calendula officinalis</I>, (6) blue perfection, and (7) white geranium.

French Border Pattern Bedding

The numbers represent different plants in the French border pattern bedding. (1) marquerite, (2) coleus,…

Pictured is an English border pattern from the eighteenth century. The numbers represent different plants. (1) <I>Lobelia erinus</I>, blue, (2) begonia, (3) <I>Cineraria maritima</I>, (4) <I>Calendula officinalis</I>, (5) <I>Lobelia erinus</I>, white, and (6) <I>Alternanthera paronychioides</I>.

English Border Pattern Bedding

Pictured is an English border pattern from the eighteenth century. The numbers represent different plants.…

Illustrated is an example of border planting about a residence.

Border Planting Plan for a House

Illustrated is an example of border planting about a residence.

Illustrated is a border enclosure of a city square.

Border Enclosure

Illustrated is a border enclosure of a city square.

Illustrated is a border enclosing the back area of a city place, the central area being planted for shade.

Border Enclosing an Urban Backyard

Illustrated is a border enclosing the back area of a city place, the central area being planted for…

Illustrated is a good mixed border with many attractive plant forms.

Mixed Border Planting for a Large Lawn or Park

Illustrated is a good mixed border with many attractive plant forms.

Illustrated is a single plant specimen set against a border planting.

Border Planting to Showcase a Single Specimen

Illustrated is a single plant specimen set against a border planting.

The flowers of cattleya citrina are yellow except for the white border of the front lobe of the lip. Each stem usually bears only one flower. The leaves are four to seven inches long.

Cattleya Citrina

The flowers of cattleya citrina are yellow except for the white border of the front lobe of the lip.…

<i>Nicotiana sylvestris</i> is native to Argentina. The flowers are white and fragrant. Pictured is a good border effect with the plant.

Nicotiana Sylvestris

Nicotiana sylvestris is native to Argentina. The flowers are white and fragrant. Pictured is a good…

<p>A decorative border for Halloween featuring a jolly Jack-O-Lantern.</p>

<p>Illustrated by James Basom Seaman II</p>

Jack-O-Lantern Corner

A decorative border for Halloween featuring a jolly Jack-O-Lantern. Illustrated by James Basom Seaman…

<p>A full frame border of a spider and her web. Suitable for Halloween and other spooky occasions.</p>

<p>Illustrated by James Basom Seaman II</p>

Spider Web Border

A full frame border of a spider and her web. Suitable for Halloween and other spooky occasions. Illustrated…

<p>A black and white decorative border for Halloween featuring a jolly Jack-O-Lantern.</p>

<p>Illustrated by James Basom Seaman II</p>

Jack-O-Lantern Corner (Black and White)

A black and white decorative border for Halloween featuring a jolly Jack-O-Lantern. Illustrated by James…

A 'purse' seine is a form of fishing net that is paid out around a school of fish, like a cylinder with no top or bottom. When drawn in, the bottom closes, forming a bag from which the fish cannot escape. Figure 1 in this illustration shows the separate parts of the purse seine: A and J, arms of the net; B and I, wings; C, D, K, and L, border of stout twine; F, bailing piece (or bunt); E and G, sides; H, under.
Figure 2 shows a diagram of the form a a purse seine spread in the water.

Purse-seine

A 'purse' seine is a form of fishing net that is paid out around a school of fish, like a cylinder with…