"An apparatus drawn by oxen or horses, and used for scraping the earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals, etc. and generally for raising and removing loosened soil, etc. In use the scraper is held with the handles slightly elevated till it scoops up its charge of earth, which is held by the sides and back." —Whitney, 1889

Scraper, Meant to be Drawn by Oxen or Horses

"An apparatus drawn by oxen or horses, and used for scraping the earth in making or repairing roads,…

Seal, with a shovel and hoe on it.

True-temper seal

Seal, with a shovel and hoe on it.

A feeding shed used for beef cattle.

Feeding Shed

A feeding shed used for beef cattle.

A sheep, the head of the herd.

Sheep

A sheep, the head of the herd.

An illustration of a herd of sheep.

Sheep

An illustration of a herd of sheep.

An illustration of a ewe, female sheep.

Sheep (Ewe)

An illustration of a ewe, female sheep.

An influential breed of sheep prized for its wool.

Merino Sheep

An influential breed of sheep prized for its wool.

An illustration of a white sheep standing up.

White Sheep

An illustration of a white sheep standing up.

A structure usually next to a barn, for the storage of grain or feed.

Silo

A structure usually next to a barn, for the storage of grain or feed.

The Birth of St. George is a drawing that was created by artist C.M. Gere. It seems to depict a farmer finding the infant St. George laying on a blanket behind a shrub. St. George became a venerated Christian Martyr.

The Birth of St. George

The Birth of St. George is a drawing that was created by artist C.M. Gere. It seems to depict a farmer…

An illustration a Swiss milking stool.

Swiss Milking Stool

An illustration a Swiss milking stool.

Two men thresh a sheaf of wheat using flails. The flails appear to be made from two sticks joined together at a bendable joint. The men are beating the grain. One man's flail is in the air, while the other man's flail hits the bundle of wheat. Both are wearing short, belted tunics and knee length pants. The original drawing is from a 14th century psalter called "The Luttrell Psalter".

Threshing Wheat with Flails in the 14th Century

Two men thresh a sheaf of wheat using flails. The flails appear to be made from two sticks joined together…

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…

A field of twenty thousand timothy plants, each grown from a single seed.

Timothy field

A field of twenty thousand timothy plants, each grown from a single seed.

An illustration of small toy figurines in a farm setting.

Toy Figurines

An illustration of small toy figurines in a farm setting.

This is an illustration by artist Charles Robinson. It is found in novelist Robert Louis Stevenson's book "A Child's Garden of Verse". The drawing depicts a girl walking on a farm carrying a stool with a cow in the background.

A Child's Garden of Verse

This is an illustration by artist Charles Robinson. It is found in novelist Robert Louis Stevenson's…

A pair of gray wagtails, found in Southern Europe.

Gray Wagtail

A pair of gray wagtails, found in Southern Europe.

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 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.

"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…