Agricultural Products—Iowa Farmers Adapt to Changing Times
Churning room in the Perry Milk Products Company
Manual cradle to harvest grain
Flater's meat shop
Inspecting ears of hybrid seed corn
Hybrid seed plant
contour farming
Harvesting Oats
Farmers Inspecting Crops
Iowa's Meatpacking Industry
Dairy Farming Booms in Iowa
Grain Milling Industry
Early Mills
Early Contour Farming
Time Frame: 1890
An early use of contour farming where crop rows match the natural lay of the land. This Iowa farmer is plowing with equipment pulled by horses.
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
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