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"A Worker Bales the Dried Henequen Fiber for Shipment," Photographed by Roderic A. Camp.

See article in Agricultural History 80:1

"Shaking bees out of comb," 1920-1929. 

"Three men near beehives. Two with netted hats to protect face, one holding fogger and other holding bee comb. Another man dressed in suit holding bee comb, but wearing no netting. Other beehive boxes visible on ground. Beehives those of a Mr. Criter of Amenia, N.D."

Courtesy of NDSU University Archives, NDSU Libraries, Fargo.

A representation of Aboriginal Malay crops, c. 1890

This drawing on bamboo by semi-sedentary Aboriginal Malays represents their crops.  From right to left; maize, taro, sugarcane, maize, cassava, yams, and, below the yams, a banana plant. 

Drawing from Stevens & Gruenwedel, "Die Zaubermuster der orang hutan," Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 26 (1894): 186.

"Gathering seed corn, Granlund, DeLamere, ND," 1910-1919. 

"Man standing between to [sic] ripe corn stalks with large bag hanging from neck. He has one hand on a corn cob on stalk and the other hand placing cob into bag."

Courtesy of NDSU University Archives, NDSU Libraries, Fargo.

"A Western View of Toongabbe," engraved by William Lowry, 1789.

This is the earliest image of a post and rail fence in the colony of Australia.  See article in Agricultural History 79:1.

From Collins, An Account of the English Colony.

"It's So Easy that the Boys Can Do the Work," Mexican youth store corn on a hacienda.

See article in Agricultural History 78:2.

From Dominguez's book, The Modern Cultivation of Corn, 1914.

Caterpillar-drawn combine in wheat field. Walla Walla County, Washington, photographed by Russell Lee, 1941.

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, LC-USF34-039917-D DLC (b&w film neg.)

This image, and many others like it, are available from the Library of Congress American Memory project.

bull "Short-Horn Bull."

From J. H. Sanders, The Breeds of Live Stock, 1886.

cows

"Group of Holstein-Friesian Cattle."

From J. H. Sanders, The Breeds of Live Stock, 1886.

 

"Group of Percherons."

From J. H. Sanders, The Breeds of Live Stock, 1886.

 

pigs "Group of Berkshire Swine."

From J. H. Sanders, The Breeds of Live Stock, 1886.

 

bison "Buffalo in J. J. Hill ranch near St. Paul," Postcard of railroad baron's farm in Minnesota, c. 1900.

Courtesy of Claire Strom.

 

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