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Admiring the apple tree
Apple orchards; Men
Swartz brothers inspect maturing apple tree in orchard.
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Alfalfa breeding
Alfalfa; Men; Women
People standing in test plots for alfalfa trials.
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Alfalfa in snow
Alfalfa;
Winter landscape on Cornfalfa Farms with alfalfa in foreground.
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Alfalfa roots grow deep
Alfalfa;
Peter L. Swartz standing at edge of excavation showing length of alfalfa roots
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Alfalfa seed samples displayed
Men; Alfalfa;
Two young men, sitting on seed sacks, displaying samples of cleaned alfalfa seed
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Alfalfa seedlings during winter
Alfalfa; Apple orchards;
Alfalfa seedlings in nursery with snow on the ground. Orchard in background.
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Alfalfa test plots
Alfalfa; Men
Peter C. Swartz observes alfalfa plants growing in test plots on Cornfalfa Farms.
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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.
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Apple harvest
Apple orchards; Harvesting;
Model T truck in orchard loaded with barrels of just picked apples
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Apple orchard
Apple orchards; Men
Swartz apple orchard with more mature trees
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Apple tree grafting
Apple orchards; Men
Two boys show grafts placed on cut stump of apple tree
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Apple tree pruning
Apple orchards; Horse teams; Men
Man loading apple tree trimmings on sled pulled by team of horses.
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Apple tree transplants
Apple orchards
Apple trees to be transplanted from nursery showing root development
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Apple yield comparison
Apple orchards;
Apples displayed in front of wooden barrels, each pile probably representing yields affected by horticultural practice.
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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.
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Boy standing next to young apple tree
Apple orchards
Peter L. Swartz standing next to young apple tree in Swartz orchard.
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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