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Browsing item(s) in New Berlin Historical Society results 1-20 of 174 item(s)  page 1 of 9 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject (LCTGM): Description: 1. Admiring the apple tree Apple orchards; Men Swartz brothers inspect maturing apple tree in orchard. 2. Alfalfa breeding Alfalfa; Men; Women People standing in test plots for alfalfa trials. 3. Alfalfa in snow Alfalfa; Winter landscape on Cornfalfa Farms with alfalfa in foreground. 4. Alfalfa roots grow deep Alfalfa; Peter L. Swartz standing at edge of excavation showing length of alfalfa roots 5. Alfalfa seed samples displayed Men; Alfalfa; Two young men, sitting on seed sacks, displaying samples of cleaned alfalfa seed 6. Alfalfa seedlings during winter Alfalfa; Apple orchards; Alfalfa seedlings in nursery with snow on the ground. Orchard in background. 7. Alfalfa test plots Alfalfa; Men Peter C. Swartz observes alfalfa plants growing in test plots on Cornfalfa Farms. 8. Apple harvest Apple orchards; Harvesting; Wooden barrels filled with newly picked apples are shown in Swartz orchard. Ida and Peter C. Swartz are shown along with Peter L. riding tricycle. 9. Apple harvest Apple orchards; Harvesting; Model T truck in orchard loaded with barrels of just picked apples 10. Apple orchard Apple orchards; Men Swartz apple orchard with more mature trees 11. Apple tree grafting Apple orchards; Men Two boys show grafts placed on cut stump of apple tree 12. Apple tree pruning Apple orchards; Horse teams; Men Man loading apple tree trimmings on sled pulled by team of horses. 13. Apple tree transplants Apple orchards Apple trees to be transplanted from nursery showing root development 14. Apple yield comparison Apple orchards; Apples displayed in front of wooden barrels, each pile probably representing yields affected by horticultural practice. 15. Baling straw from thresher Harvesting machinery; Threshing; A conveyor is placed at the thresher straw discharge to convey straw directly to the press. Large bales are formed and conveyed into barn storage. 16. Boy standing next to young apple tree Apple orchards Peter L. Swartz standing next to young apple tree in Swartz orchard. 17. Building a haystack Alfalfa; Horse teams; Men; Haystacks; Agricultural machinery & implements; Man standing on high haystack of alfalfa as two other men stand on load of hay being hoisted by ropes and pulleys supported by long wood poles. Three two-horse teams are attached to tined hay transport... 18. Cornfalfa Farms- Binding to Combining 01: The reaper Agricultural machinery & implements; Alfalfa; Men; Horse teams The reaper was a seminal invention marking the start of mechanized agriculture. Peter Morgan Swartz acquired a reaper in 1864, and later this advanced rake arm model, patented in 1874. The following sequence... 19. Cornfalfa Farms- Binding to Combining 02: The binder Harvesting; Sheaves; Men; Horse teams; Man drives team of three horses pulling Osborne binder in barley field. Note special seat on binder. 20. Cornfalfa Farms- Binding to Combining 03: The binder Men; Harvesting; Sheaves; Agricultural machinery & implements; Horse teams; Osborne binder is pulled by three-horse team. Note special seat. Man standing nearby may be hoisting sheaves on pitchfork. select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-20 of 174 item(s)  page 1 of 9 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  >> ) :: previous : next

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