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SEGMENT: FARMING METHODS, DAIRY, & FARM ORGANIZATIONS
: Audio duration 09:30
School Consolidation & Transportation
: duration 01:08
Dairy Farming: First Chore - Find Cows
: duration 01:12
Benefits of Farm Organizations: Quality Control, Higher Prices, & Advice
: duration 01:32
Neighbors, Fences, & Livestock
: duration 00:49
SEGMENT: FARMING
: Audio duration 07:21
The Threshing Ring: Working Together to Get Job Done
: duration 00:24
How the Threshing Machine & Threshing Ring Worked
: duration 00:50
The Threshing Ring & Socializing
: duration 00:22
Mechanization: "That was the end of the horses."
: duration 00:22
Cars, Cheap Gas, Bad Weather, & Trips to Town
: duration 01:02
Hired Help & Vacations
: duration 00:38
SEGMENT: FARMING METHODS, LOSS OF FARM, & REFLECTIONS
: Audio duration 07:20
The Egg Business Big & Small
: duration 00:31
Changes in Farming: Productivity, Equipment, Pesticides, & Pests
: duration 00:58
Diseases Increased with Changing Farming Methods
: duration 00:37
"Farming was part of me....."
: duration 00:18
Loss of Farm I: The Banker Changed My Mind
: duration 00:07
Loss of Farm II: "Expenses were too great for what I sold."
: duration 00:43
The Decline of Diversified Farming & the Rise of Grain Farming
: duration 00:57
Larger Farms, Fewer Farms, & the Rotting of Houses & Barns
: duration 00:21
Fewer Farmers: The Impact in Town & Farm Equipment Manufacturing
: duration 00:59
SEGMENT: CHANGES IN FARMING METHODS & THE FUTURE
: Audio duration 09:12
Tilling Methods & Soil Erosion
: duration 01:07
Farming: "An Independent Way of Life"
: duration 00:13
Winter Activity on a Grain Farm vs. a Diversified Farm
: duration 01:04
Future of Farming
: duration 01:43
Surplus Production: Mountains of Corn & Debt
: duration 01:51
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