A woman doing chores on the farm with geese watching.

Farm Work

A woman doing chores on the farm with geese watching.

A pig

Pig

A pig

"Smith's Steam Cultivator as at work." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893

Steam Cultivator

"Smith's Steam Cultivator as at work." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893

A woman milking a cow on the farm.

Cow Milking

A woman milking a cow on the farm.

Men using a donkey to plow their farm.

Plowing

Men using a donkey to plow their farm.

The rear end of the machine is mounted upon two wheels. A trough, with a runner-like bow, containing some adhesive matter, is suspended upon each side of the row. A vibrating arm or beam, carrying wisps or brushes, is adjustably suspended form the farm, and as the machine is pushed along the row of plants the insects are shaken into the troughs, from which they are unable to escape.

Insect Sifter

The rear end of the machine is mounted upon two wheels. A trough, with a runner-like bow, containing…

Eli Whitney's cotton gin, which made the production of cotton many times more efficient.

Cotton Gin

Eli Whitney's cotton gin, which made the production of cotton many times more efficient.

A plain with animals on it.

Plain

A plain with animals on it.

Characters from "The Little Red Hen." The dog, cat, and rat do not want to help the hen make bread.

Animals

Characters from "The Little Red Hen." The dog, cat, and rat do not want to help the hen make bread.

A stave silo to store crops.

Silo

A stave silo to store crops.

A decorative border with a sleeping farmer while the cow stands on the pump and the sheep play cribbage.

Farm Border

A decorative border with a sleeping farmer while the cow stands on the pump and the sheep play cribbage.

A farmer finds his pig walking on his roofed, dressed in his wig.

Pig on Roof

A farmer finds his pig walking on his roofed, dressed in his wig.

A duck talks to the sheep on the farm.

Sheep and Duck

A duck talks to the sheep on the farm.

A weasel stealing eggs out of a chicken coup.

Weasel with Eggs

A weasel stealing eggs out of a chicken coup.

A decorative border with a chicken on a farm.

Chicken Border

A decorative border with a chicken on a farm.

A farmer looking after his animals.

Farm

A farmer looking after his animals.

The line of characters and their actions in order for the pig to go over the stile.

Old Woman and Animals

The line of characters and their actions in order for the pig to go over the stile.

A fox being followed by a hen, duck, rooster, and turkey.

Fox and Fowl

A fox being followed by a hen, duck, rooster, and turkey.

Two children on a farm feeding the cow.

Children Feeding Cow

Two children on a farm feeding the cow.

Two children on a farm walking with a duck.

Children Walking with Duck

Two children on a farm walking with a duck.

A girl talking to a pig.

Girl with Pig

A girl talking to a pig.

Two children, a rooster, cat, and dog ride on a cow's back.

Children Riding a Cow

Two children, a rooster, cat, and dog ride on a cow's back.

Two children putting up the bars to a fence.

Children Fixing Fence

Two children putting up the bars to a fence.

Three men chasing after a donkey that escaped from the farm.

Men Chasing

Three men chasing after a donkey that escaped from the farm.

Two men chasing after a donkey that escaped from the farm.

Men Chasing Donkey

Two men chasing after a donkey that escaped from the farm.

A decorative border with a donkey being pulled, and then in the barn eating hay.

Donkey Border

A decorative border with a donkey being pulled, and then in the barn eating hay.

Hans' mother asks Hans to take the cow to pasture.

Hans the Innocent 1

Hans' mother asks Hans to take the cow to pasture.

The girl taking the goat from the boy in the story Oeyvind and Marit.

Girl with Goat

The girl taking the goat from the boy in the story Oeyvind and Marit.

"Schematic of nitrogen cycling associated with litter disposal on broiler farms." -Hatzell, 1995

Nitrogen Cycles and Litter Disposal

"Schematic of nitrogen cycling associated with litter disposal on broiler farms." -Hatzell, 1995

An illustration of Mark Twain's character, Huckleberry Finn.

Huckleberry Finn

An illustration of Mark Twain's character, Huckleberry Finn.

A machine for cutting down standing grain, usually worked by a pair of horses, the cutting machinery being driven by being connected with the wheels on which the machine is drawn over the field.

Reaping Machine

A machine for cutting down standing grain, usually worked by a pair of horses, the cutting machinery…

"Hold On. From the drawing by Horace Vernet." -Rees, 1894

Hold On

"Hold On. From the drawing by Horace Vernet." -Rees, 1894

"Petits! Petits! Petits! Foraging in an Enemy's Country. From the drawing by Horace Vernet." -Rees, 1894

Petits! Petits! Petits! Foraging in an Enemy's Country

"Petits! Petits! Petits! Foraging in an Enemy's Country. From the drawing by Horace Vernet." -Rees,…

The Young Lavinia, a painting by Thomas Gainsborough for Macklin's "British Poets."

The Young Lavinia

The Young Lavinia, a painting by Thomas Gainsborough for Macklin's "British Poets."

Rustic Children, a painting by Thomas Gainsborough.

Rustic Children

Rustic Children, a painting by Thomas Gainsborough.

The Cottage Door, a painting by Thomas Gainsborough.

The Cottage Door

The Cottage Door, a painting by Thomas Gainsborough.

A Lock on the Stour, a painting by John Constable.

A Lock on the Stour

A Lock on the Stour, a painting by John Constable.

The Valley Farm. (Willy Lott's House.), a painting by John Constable.

The Valley Farm. (Willy Lott's House.)

The Valley Farm. (Willy Lott's House.), a painting by John Constable.

"The Nativity. By Albrecht Dürer. From the engraving on copper." -Heath, 1901

The Nativity

"The Nativity. By Albrecht Dürer. From the engraving on copper." -Heath, 1901

A decorative divider of a farmhouse and plains.

Farm Divider

A decorative divider of a farmhouse and plains.

An illustration of the front of a Pennsylvanian barn.

The Pennsylvanian barn

An illustration of the front of a Pennsylvanian barn.

An illustration of the end elevation of a Pennsylvanian barn.

The Pennsylvanian barn

An illustration of the end elevation of a Pennsylvanian barn.

The floor plan for the basement of a Pennsylvanian barn.

The Pennsylvanian barn

The floor plan for the basement of a Pennsylvanian barn.

The frame work of a Pennsylvanian barn.

The Pennsylvanian barn frame work

The frame work of a Pennsylvanian barn.

The frame work of a Pennsylvanian barn.

The Pennsylvanian barn frame work

The frame work of a Pennsylvanian barn.

A tail-piece engraved by Thomas Bewick from 'The Quadrupeds' shows a small boy "pulling a colt's tail while the mother is rushing to his rescue." -Cundall, 1895

Bewick's Tail-Piece

A tail-piece engraved by Thomas Bewick from 'The Quadrupeds' shows a small boy "pulling a colt's tail…

Haymaking, a painting by William Mulready.

Haymaking

Haymaking, a painting by William Mulready.

An illustration of two hens walking through a field.

Two Hens

An illustration of two hens walking through a field.

An illustration of a farm house.

House

An illustration of a farm house.

An illustration of a adult female farm hand transporting grain on her head.

Farm hand

An illustration of a adult female farm hand transporting grain on her head.

African slaves unloading rice barges at a South Carolinian rice plantation.

Unloading Rice barges

African slaves unloading rice barges at a South Carolinian rice plantation.

An adult male leaning on the bottom of a Dutch door standing at the entrance of a barn.

Man in Barn

An adult male leaning on the bottom of a Dutch door standing at the entrance of a barn.

Whitelaw Reid was a U.S. politician and newspaper editor. Born on a farm near Xenia, Ohio, Reid Attended Xenia Academy and went on to graduate from Miami University with honors in 1856.

Whitelaw Reid

Whitelaw Reid was a U.S. politician and newspaper editor. Born on a farm near Xenia, Ohio, Reid Attended…

An illustration of a barn filled with animals, including: cows, a rooster, a horse, lambs, and birds.

Barn Full of Animals

An illustration of a barn filled with animals, including: cows, a rooster, a horse, lambs, and birds.

John Parker Boyd (1764 – 1830) was an officer in the United States Army, from various periods from 1786 to the end of the War of 1812. He commanded the troops defeated at the Battle of Crysler's Farm in late 1813.

John Parker Boyd

John Parker Boyd (1764 – 1830) was an officer in the United States Army, from various periods…

An illustration of a chicken standing in front a chicken coop.

Chicken Coop

An illustration of a chicken standing in front a chicken coop.

The Battle of Crysler's Farm, also known as the Battle of Crysler's Field, was a battle of the War of 1812 fought on November 11, 1813.

Crysler's in 1855

The Battle of Crysler's Farm, also known as the Battle of Crysler's Field, was a battle of the War of…

View of the countryside with a farm in the foreground and a village in the background.

Countryside

View of the countryside with a farm in the foreground and a village in the background.

An illustration of small toy figurines in a farm setting.

Toy Figurines

An illustration of small toy figurines in a farm setting.

Tobacco being harvested in the Virginia Colony. By 1612, John Rolfe's new strains of tobacco had been successfully cultivated and exported. Finally, a cash crop to export had been identified, and plantations and new outposts sprung up, initially both upriver and downriver along the navigable portion of the James River, and thereafter along the other rivers and waterways of the area.

Tobacco Cultivation in Colonial Virginia

Tobacco being harvested in the Virginia Colony. By 1612, John Rolfe's new strains of tobacco had been…