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1. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 001: Stacking Hay at Cornfalfa Farms Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 001: Stacking Hay at Cornfalfa Farms Alfalfa; Horse teams; Men; Agricultural machinery & implements; Automobiles; In his diary entry for July 27, 1912, Peter Morgan Swartz (b. 1842) writes 'The photographer of Waukesha who came took pictures of our stacking crew and outfit.' At this time Cornfalfa Farms, managed by...
2. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 002: Plowing with five horse team Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 002: Plowing with five horse team Men; Horses; Plowing; Man rides sulky plow pulled by five horses in alfalfa sod. The Swartz Bros. advocated fall plowing when renewing an alfalfa field.
3. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 004: Plowing alfalfa sod Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 004: Plowing alfalfa sod Plowing; Horse teams; Men; Alfalfa Man riding two bottom sulky plow pulled by five horses. Pictured appeared in Aug. 1918 Wisconsin Farmer magazine with caption 'Off with the 1918 crop and on with the plow for the 1919 crop.', authored...
4. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 006: Plowing with horses Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 006: Plowing with horses Men; Horses; Plowing; Three plows, each pulled by three horses, on Cornfalfa Farms. The first is a riding plow, the other two are walk behind plows. Plowing alfalfa sod is hard work for horses. About 1915 the Swartz Brothers...
5. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 008: Tilling soil with horses Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 008: Tilling soil with horses Men; Horses; Farming; Agricultural machinery & implements; Man drives a four horse team pulling a disk harrow on Cornfalfa Farms. The beginning of spring tillage to ready the ground for a new seeding.
6. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 010: Tilling soil with horses Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 010: Tilling soil with horses Men; Horses; Farming; Agricultural machinery & implements; Two four-horse teams pull disks to till field on Cornfalfa farms. Note stones in field in background. Early tillage for spring planting.
7. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 012: Seedbed preparation Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 012: Seedbed preparation Men, Horses, Farming; Agricultural machinery & implements; A man drives a team of four horses pulling a tillage or rake implement.
8. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 014: Sowing alfalfa Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 014: Sowing alfalfa Men; Wagons; Horse teams; Alfalfa Wagon contains soil that has the necessary bacteria to promote growth of a new seeding of alfalfa. Man at left is Jayson Swartz. Note wagon wheels. A wide harrow, drawn by four horses, incorporates the...
9. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 016: Sowing alfalfa Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 016: Sowing alfalfa Men; Wagons; Horse teams; Alfalfa Closer view of wagon loaded with the soil to be broadcast as an inoculant for new seeding of alfalfa. Man at left is Jayson Swartz. Note wagon wheels.
10. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 018: Broadcasting seed Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 018: Broadcasting seed Farming; Men; Horse teams; Agricultural machinery & implements; Jayson Swartz, left, and another man broadcast the bacteria laden soil by hand. Following is man driving 4-horse team pulling spiked tooth harrow. This practice was necessary only for fields on which alfalfa...
11. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 020: Harrowing, rolling, and planting with horses Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 020: Harrowing, rolling, and planting with horses Men; Agricultural machinery & implements; Horse teams; Farming One man driving four horses hitched to wide spike tooth harrow; one man driving two horse team hitched to roller; one man driving three horse team pulling disk style drill. Alfalfa seed would be dropped...
12. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 022: Sowing with grain drill Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 022: Sowing with grain drill Men; Farming; Agricultural machinery & implements; Horse teams; Swartz brothers are tending the drill pulled by a team of four horses. Ida Swartz stands by the bag of alfalfa seed. Swartz used only the best seed, and preferred the Grim variety of alfalfa.
13. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 024: Seedbed operation Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 024: Seedbed operation Men, Horses, Farming; Agricultural machinery & implements; A man drives a team of four horses pulling a spike tooth harrow across a tilled field. As noted above, this may also be the final operation after seeding.
14. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 026: Plowing with tractor Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 026: Plowing with tractor Farming; Agricultural machinery & implements; Men; Plowing; Tractors Man driving a tractor hitched to a plow normally drawn by horses. Two other men pose for the camera. 'The Bates Steel Mule ' is printed on the tractor sheet metal. This photo may have been taken during...
15. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 028: Disking ground with tractor Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 028: Disking ground with tractor Farming; Agricultural machinery & implements; Men; Tractors; Man, probably Jayson Swartz, driving The Bates Steel Mule tractor which is pulling a disk harrow. The control configuration of the Bates Steel Mule allowed the operator to position himself on the implement...
16. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 030: Tractor pulling tillage tools. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 030: Tractor pulling tillage tools. Farming; Agricultural machinery & implements; Men; Tractors; Man driving a Wallis Cub tractor pulling several tillage tools in tandem. Note driving canopy. Cornfalfa Farms farmstead in background. Picture appeared in June 1921 issue of Iowa Farmer with caption 'One...
17. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 032: Adding lime to the soil. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 032: Adding lime to the soil. Men; Farming; Agricultural machinery & implements; Horse teams; Jayson Swartz loads the manure spreader used to spread lime on the field to become test plots. At this point, the Swartz were promoting the use of pH testing and addition of lime when necessary to successfully...
18. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 034: Spreading lime on alfalfa test plots Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 034: Spreading lime on alfalfa test plots Men; Farming; Agricultural machinery & implements; Horse teams; A manure spreader is used to spread lime on the field to become test plots.
19. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 036: Spreading lime on alfalfa test plots Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 036: Spreading lime on alfalfa test plots Men; Farming; Agricultural machinery & implements; Horse teams; Another view of the lime spreading operation.
20. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 038: Spreading lime on tilled ground Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 038: Spreading lime on tilled ground Men; Agricultural machinery & implements; Farming; Horse teams Horse drawn lime spreader working in field. Cornfalfa Farms farmstead in background.
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