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1950-1960
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APPLICANCES
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Automobile
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Bicycle
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Binders
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Black Cut Worm
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Blacksmith
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Blind Ditcher
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Botrytis
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BOTTLES
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Bottomland
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Breeding
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Brooder
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Buffalo
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Buggy
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Buildings
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Bulk Fill
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Burning
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Butchery
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Butter
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Butter Churn
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Capital
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Capsule Machine
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Cards
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Care
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Case Plows
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Cases
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Cast Iron
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(98)
Changes in Fences
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(1)
Chautauqua
(1)
Checked Corn
(2)
Checkwire
(1)
Cheese
(1)
Chemicals
(2)
Cherries
(1)
Chicken Coop
(2)
Chicken Coops
(5)
Chicken Pox
(1)
Chickens
(12)
Childhood Activities
(7)
Childhood Education
(4)
Childhood Work
(25)
Children
(2)
Children's Activities
(3)
Children's Work
(2)
Chisel Plows
(5)
Chives
(1)
Church
(2)
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(1)
Cinch bug
(1)
Cistern
(1)
Cleanliness
(1)
Clothes
(2)
Clover
(8)
Co-Op
(2)
Coal
(5)
Coal Mines
(1)
COAL MINING
(4)
Coal Stove
(1)
Coal-Oil
(1)
Coal-Oil Lamp
(1)
Coal-Oil Refrigerator
(1)
College Education
(3)
Color
(1)
Combine
(3)
Combines
(30)
Commodity Prices
(7)
Common Cold
(2)
Communications
(4)
Community Organizations
(1)
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
(1)
Composting
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Computers
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Conservation
(10)
Consumer
(1)
Continuing Education
(3)
Cooking
(2)
Cooperation
(23)
Corking Machine
(1)
Corn
(64)
Corn Bins
(1)
Corn Borers
(8)
Corn Crib
(1)
Corn Cribs
(12)
Corn Husker
(1)
Corn Pickers
(8)
Corn Planters
(4)
Corn Sheller
(4)
Corn Shellers
(2)
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(2)
Cotton-Gin
(1)
Cover Crops
(1)
Cow Barn
(1)
Crabapples
(1)
Cream
(1)
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(3)
Crew
(1)
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(4)
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(4)
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(1)
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(2)
Crop Rotation
(31)
Crop-Dusting
(1)
Crops
(44)
Crusher-Destemmer
(1)
CSA
(2)
Cultivating
(13)
Cultivator
(10)
Cultivators
(5)
Cuts
(1)
Cutting
(1)
Dairy
(19)
Dairy Barn
(2)
Dairy Products
(2)
Dams
(3)
DDT
(4)
Death
(8)
Deer
(3)
Deer Fly
(1)
Deerflies
(1)
Delco Batteries
(9)
Derrick-Dredge
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Description
(3)
Description of farm equipment
(2)
Development
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Diabetes
(1)
Digging
(1)
Digging Wells
(2)
Dirt Hauler
(1)
Disc Plows
(11)
Discrimination
(1)
Disease
(2)
Diseases
(2)
Dishwasher
(1)
Disking
(7)
DISTILLERIES
(1)
Distributors
(1)
Doctors
(7)
Dogs
(2)
Drag
(4)
Drainage
(7)
Drainage Ditches
(3)
Drill
(1)
Droughts
(1)
Dryer
(2)
Dubuque IA
(1)
Ducks
(1)
Dump Pits
(3)
Earthworm
(1)
Education
(9)
Educational facilities
(1)
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(1)
Eight-Bottom Plows
(2)
Electric Motor
(1)
Electric Stove
(3)
Electrification
(43)
Elevation
(2)
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(1)
Environment
(38)
EPA
(1)
EQUIPMENT
(7)
Equipment Maintenance
(10)
Erosion
(4)
ETHANOL
(10)
Ethnicity
(4)
Exports
(1)
Facilities
(10)
Faith Healer
(2)
Family
(19)
Family Activities
(3)
Family Farm
(6)
Family Finances
(10)
Farm building
(6)
FARM BUILDINGS
(4)
Farm Bureau
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Farm Business
(69)
Farm Equipment
(333)
FARM EQUPIMENT
(4)
FARM FACILITIES
(94)
FARM FACILITY
(2)
FARM FACILTIES
(1)
Farm House
(3)
FARM METHODS
(1)
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(3)
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(1)
Farm Size
(6)
Farm Work
(145)
Farm Work Oats
(1)
FARM-RELATED BUSINESS
(1)
Farm-Related Work
(19)
Farmhouse
(13)
Farming during the Great Depression
(2)
Farming During WWI
(1)
Farming During WWII
(3)
FARMING METHODS
(227)
Farms vs. Towns
(3)
Father
(3)
FDA
(1)
Feed
(4)
Feed Crops
(3)
FENCES
(19)
Fertilizer
(56)
Fertilizing
(5)
Fever
(1)
FFA
(1)
Field Tile
(4)
Field Tiles
(6)
Fish
(1)
Fishing
(1)
Fleas
(2)
Flies
(1)
Floods
(6)
Flour
(2)
Fodder
(1)
Food & Meals
(29)
Food Storage
(30)
Forestry
(2)
Four-Bottom Plows
(2)
Fox
(1)
Fred Ertl
(1)
Freeze-Drying
(1)
Fruit
(1)
Fruit Cellar
(3)
Fuel
(4)
Future of Farming
(3)
Gang-Plows
(8)
Garden
(9)
Gas Lights
(1)
Gas Motor
(2)
Gas Stove
(2)
Gasoline Engines
(4)
Gasoline Stations
(1)
Geese
(2)
GENETICS
(7)
Gestation
(1)
Gift Shop
(1)
Global Economy
(1)
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(3)
Goats
(1)
Government Programs
(13)
Government Projects
(1)
GPS
(12)
Grade
(1)
Grade A
(1)
Grades
(1)
Grain
(3)
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(4)
Grain Drills
(2)
Grain Dryers
(5)
Grain Elevator
(16)
Grapes
(1)
Grass
(2)
Grasshoppers
(4)
Great Depression
(1)
Great Influenza Epidemic
(5)
Groceries
(6)
GROCERY STORE
(1)
Guinea Fowl
(1)
Harness
(1)
Harrowing
(6)
Harrows
(7)
Harvest
(8)
Harvesting
(55)
Harvesting Ice
(1)
Hay
(19)
Hay baler
(4)
Hay Balers
(7)
Hay Baling
(1)
Hay Barns
(2)
Hay Forks
(2)
Hay Rake
(4)
Hay Stacker
(1)
Hay-Fever
(1)
Haystack
(1)
Hazards
(43)
Head Gate
(1)
HEALTH
(100)
Heart
(2)
Heart Attack
(1)
Heart Attacks
(1)
Heart-Attack
(1)
Heating
(7)
Hedge
(1)
HEDGEROW
(8)
Hemp
(1)
Herbicide
(4)
Herbicides
(3)
Hernia
(1)
Hessian-Fly
(1)
Hides
(2)
Hired Help
(37)
Histoplasmosis
(1)
History of farm equipment
(6)
Hives
(1)
Hog Huts
(2)
Hogs
(29)
Holidays
(1)
Home Remedies
(20)
Horse Barn
(1)
Horse Power
(118)
Horse-drawn buggy
(2)
Horse-drawn wagon
(1)
Horses
(33)
Housework
(3)
Hunting
(3)
Hybrid
(3)
HYBRID SEED
(27)
HYBRIDS
(3)
Hydraulics
(2)
Hydrocooling
(2)
Hydroponics
(1)
Ice Box
(5)
Ice House
(3)
Implement Dealer
(7)
Implement Manufacturer
(10)
Implement Manufacturing
(2)
IMPLIMENT MANUFACTURER
(2)
Insecticide
(2)
Insects
(4)
Insurance
(2)
Integrated Pest Management
(2)
International Harvester
(1)
Interurban Trolley
(10)
Inventory
(1)
IRRIGATION
(7)
Japanese Beetles
(3)
Jerry has the job everyone wants
(1)
John Deere
(4)
Kerosene Lamps
(2)
Kerosene Stove
(1)
Kiln
(1)
Kitchen
(1)
Labeler
(1)
Labor
(3)
Lady Bugs
(1)
Lamps
(2)
Land
(13)
Land Acquisition
(4)
Land Leveling
(1)
Lard
(2)
Law
(1)
Lawyers
(1)
Legs Perthes Disease
(1)
Legumes
(1)
Leukemia
(1)
Lighting
(10)
Lime
(8)
Limestone
(5)
Livestock
(47)
Livestock Care
(15)
Livestock Feed
(35)
Livestock Products
(2)
Livestock Shoot
(1)
Loading Room
(1)
Loans & Credit
(4)
Location
(2)
Log Cabins
(3)
Loss of Farm
(2)
Lye
(2)
Machine Shed
(1)
Mad Cow Disease
(1)
MAINTENANCE
(3)
MAKING SOAP
(5)
Making Wine
(2)
Making-Molasses
(1)
Malaria
(4)
Manpower
(35)
Manufacturer
(1)
Manure
(30)
Manure-Spreader
(7)
MARKET
(2)
Marketing
(30)
Marriage
(3)
Measles
(1)
Meat
(3)
Mechanization
(40)
Microwave
(2)
Milk
(10)
Milk Barn
(1)
Milking
(8)
Milking Machine
(4)
Milking Parlor
(2)
MILLS
(6)
Miner
(2)
Mold
(1)
Moldboard Plows
(3)
Mosquitoes
(2)
Mother
(2)
Mower
(3)
Mowing
(2)
Mr. Russell explains the process for producing wine. The basic operation is
(1)
Mules
(9)
Music
(1)
Neighbors
(33)
Neoprene Corks
(1)
Nightshade
(2)
Nine-Bottom Plows
(1)
Nitrogen
(1)
Nitrogen Phosphate
(1)
No Till
(2)
No-Till
(18)
Non-Farm Work
(31)
Oats
(16)
One-Row Pickers
(1)
One-Row Planters
(1)
Opossum
(2)
Orchard
(1)
Orchards
(5)
Organic
(1)
ORGANIC FARMING
(19)
Organizations
(1)
Osage Orange
(5)
Osteoporosis
(1)
Outhouse
(4)
Over-Production
(1)
Oxen
(3)
PACKAGING
(2)
Painting
(2)
Parents
(1)
Parkinson's Disease
(1)
Pasture
(3)
Peaches
(2)
Pesticides
(1)
PESTICIDES/HERBICIDES
(1)
Pests
(35)
Pheasant
(2)
Pheasant feed
(1)
Phosphate
(3)
Pitchfork
(1)
Places, & Dates
(2)
Planters
(17)
Planting
(32)
Plastic
(1)
Plastic Beds
(1)
Plow
(8)
Plowing
(21)
Plows
(26)
Plumbing
(6)
Pneumonia
(1)
Poison
(1)
Poison-Ivy
(3)
Politics
(3)
Pollination
(4)
Pollution
(9)
Potash
(3)
Potatoes
(7)
Poultry
(2)
Prairie
(2)
Preaching
(2)
Press
(1)
Prices
(1)
Process
(2)
Processing
(13)
Production
(15)
Productivity
(48)
Products
(1)
Prostate
(1)
Protein
(1)
Pruning
(7)
Public
(1)
Pumpkins
(3)
Quality
(1)
Quilting
(1)
Quinine
(1)
Rabbits
(1)
Raccoons
(1)
Race-Relations
(2)
Radio
(5)
Railroad
(5)
Railroads
(23)
Raising Hogs
(2)
Raking-Hay
(3)
Rationing
(1)
Rats
(2)
Rattlesnakes
(1)
Reading
(1)
Receptions
(1)
Recollections
(9)
Red Clover
(2)
Reducing
(1)
Reflections
(11)
Refrigeration
(2)
Refrigerator
(6)
Regulation
(2)
Religion
(2)
Rendering Plant
(1)
Replicas
(1)
Retail
(1)
Retirement
(1)
Rheumatic Fever
(1)
Rice
(3)
Riding Plows
(3)
River
(1)
Roads
(39)
Rodeo Bulls
(1)
Roller
(1)
Rollers
(6)
Rolling
(1)
Root Worms
(5)
Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
(6)
Rye
(2)
Safety Measures
(1)
SALES
(3)
Salesman
(1)
Salty Plows
(2)
Sassafras
(1)
Scale House
(2)
Scarlet-Fever
(4)
Scraper
(1)
Scythe
(1)
Seed Corn
(7)
Seed Drills
(1)
Sellers
(1)
Set up
(1)
Settlement
(1)
Sexual Maturity
(1)
Shape
(1)
Sheep
(2)
Shocks
(8)
Shoes
(1)
Shovel
(1)
Showing Cattle
(1)
Shucking Corn
(5)
Shucking-Peg
(3)
Siblings
(1)
Sickle
(1)
Sickness
(1)
Silage
(3)
Silo
(4)
Silos
(1)
Size
(1)
Skid Steer
(1)
Skunk
(3)
Sleds
(2)
SLOW FOOD
(5)
Smokehouse
(8)
Snakes
(1)
Snow
(1)
Snowstorm
(3)
Social Activities
(3)
Soil
(26)
Soil Testing
(2)
Soil-Testing
(1)
Sorghum
(5)
Sorghum Mill
(2)
Soybeans
(16)
Specialization
(2)
Specialty Crops
(3)
Specialty Food
(1)
Specialty Livestock
(4)
Sports
(1)
Spraying
(2)
SPRAYING HERBICIDE
(2)
Spreader
(1)
Spring-House
(1)
Stainless Steel
(1)
Stalk Chopping
(1)
Steam Engines
(4)
Steam Power
(29)
Sterilization
(1)
Stomach-Ache
(1)
Storage
(3)
Storage Pit
(5)
Stores
(1)
Stove
(3)
Straw
(7)
Strawberries
(1)
Streetcar
(1)
Stress
(1)
Stripping
(3)
Sugar Cane
(1)
Sulfur
(1)
Sulky Plows
(2)
Supplements
(1)
Surreys
(1)
Swamp
(1)
Sweet Clover
(2)
Sweet Corn
(1)
Sweet Potatoes
(1)
Sweet-Clover
(1)
Switchgrass
(1)
Tank Size
(1)
Tankage
(1)
Tanks
(1)
Taxes
(1)
Teachers
(1)
Tedder
(3)
Telephone
(5)
Tenant Farming
(5)
Thinning
(2)
Threshing
(2)
Threshing Dinners
(1)
Threshing Machine
(40)
Threshing Ring
(4)
Tile Factory
(1)
Tiles
(2)
Timber
(3)
Timber Work
(4)
Tobacco
(3)
Tobacco Barn
(1)
Tobacco Worm
(1)
Tonsillectomy
(2)
Tools
(5)
Towns
(25)
TOYS
(3)
Tractor
(4)
Tractors
(91)
Tradition
(1)
Train
(2)
TRANSPORATION
(4)
TRANSPORTATION
(127)
Trapping
(4)
Travel
(7)
Tree-Nursery
(1)
Trees
(1)
Trellis
(3)
Trucking
(1)
Trucks
(14)
Turkeys
(1)
Turnips
(2)
TV
(7)
Two-Bottom Plows
(5)
Two-Row Cultivator
(1)
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(1)
Two-Row Planters
(2)
Types
(3)
Types of equipment
(1)
Unions
(2)
Urban Farming
(1)
Urbanization
(1)
USDA
(1)
USDA Standards
(1)
Vacation
(1)
Values
(23)
Vegetables
(4)
Vervain
(1)
Vineyard
(4)
Visiting
(3)
Wagons
(11)
Walking
(7)
Walking Plows
(4)
War Bonds
(2)
Washer
(7)
Water
(6)
Water Heater
(2)
Water-Witching
(3)
Watermelons
(1)
Weather
(19)
Wedding
(1)
Weeds
(8)
Weevil
(1)
Well
(8)
Wheat
(33)
Wheel Disc
(1)
Whiskey
(1)
Whooping Cough
(3)
Wild Plants
(6)
Wildlife
(2)
Windmill
(6)
Wine
(1)
WINE BOTTLING
(1)
WINE CELLAR
(1)
Wine Making
(4)
Wine Tanks
(2)
Winery
(1)
Women's Work
(30)
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(6)
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(1)
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(1)
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(1)
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(5)
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