Mechanization of Farming

Dublin Core

Title

Mechanization of Farming

Subject

An examination into why and how farmers mechanized during the 1910-1940 era.

Creator

Samantha Parker

Collection Items

The Saturday evening post
Illustration of a 1920 sower paired with a short description of its seeding stats.

Fighting The War With Farm Tractors
Newspaper article describing the importance of increased food production during wartime.

Alfalfa farming in America
Black and white photo of two horses pulling a reaper.

The Lexington advertiser.
Allis Chlamers newspaper advertisment

Advance-Rumely Combine Harvesters Hillside Type
Black and white typed foreword from the Advance-Rumely harvester catalog.

Allis-Chalmers Farm Tractors
Black and white illustration of Allis-Chalmers farm tractor paired with its stats

Syracuse Chilled Plow Company
Postcard color illustration of horse drawn plow
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