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1. Pruning apple trees Pruning apple trees Apple orchards; Men; Two men prune apple trees using long handled pruning shears
2. Spraying apple trees Spraying apple trees Apple orchards; Horse teams; Men; Agricultural machinery & implements Two men spraying apples using spray rig mounted on wagon frame pulled by a team of horses.
3. Cornfalfa Farms; Orchards: Apple harvest Cornfalfa Farms; Orchards: Apple harvest Apple orchards; Harvesting; Model T truck in orchard loaded with barrels of just picked apples
4. Picking apples Picking apples Apple orchards; Men; Harvesting Jayson, Peter L., and Peter C. Swartz harvest apples from young tree. Apples are transported in wooden barrels.
5. Cornfalfa Farms; Orchards: Apple harvest Cornfalfa Farms; Orchards: 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.
6. Cornfalfa Farms; Orchards: Apple yield comparison Cornfalfa Farms; Orchards: Apple yield comparison Apple orchards; Apples displayed in front of wooden barrels, each pile probably representing yields affected by horticultural practice.
7. Young apple orchard Young apple orchard Apple orchards; Farmhouses; Barns Swartz apple orchard scene shows several maturity levels. Racine Ave. runs in front of house in background. Northern boundary is Coffee Rd.
8. Cornfalfa Farms; Orchards: Apple tree transplants Cornfalfa Farms; Orchards: Apple tree transplants Apple orchards Apple trees to be transplanted from nursery showing root development
9. Pruning apple trees Pruning apple trees Apple orchards One man, on specially constructed ladder, is pruning a tree while other man holds long pole pruner and shakes paw of dog. Image is hand colored.
10. Picking apples Picking apples Apple orchards; Men; Harvesting Jayson, Peter L., and Peter C. harvest apples from young tree.
11. Cornfalfa Farms; Orchards: Admiring the apple tree Cornfalfa Farms; Orchards: Admiring the apple tree Apple orchards; Men Swartz brothers inspect maturing apple tree in orchard.
12. Cornfalfa Farms; Potatoes Too 13: Digging potatoes. Cornfalfa Farms; Potatoes Too 13: Digging potatoes. Harvesting machinery; Men; Women; Peter C. Swartz drives horse drawn potato digger, while a crew of five people work on the machine. One of the crew is young Peter L. Swartz, with his mother, Ida Swartz standing opposite him.
13. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 120: Fox forage chopper in operation Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 120: Fox forage chopper in operation Harvesting machinery; Tractors; Fox field chopper has conveyor for elevating chopped material into wagon or truck. An auxiliary engine powers the chopper. No record of this or similar unit being used on Cornfalfa Farms has been found....
14. Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 118: Fox forage chopper Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 118: Fox forage chopper Harvesting machinery; Fox field chopper has conveyor for elevating chopped material into wagon or truck. An auxiliary engine powers the chopper. No record of this or similar unit being used on Cornfalfa Farms has been found....
15. Threshing using a grain blower Threshing using a grain blower Agricultural machinery & implements; threshing; Men; Barns Swartz Brothers doing custom threshing using a 36 inch Peerless threshing machine and Bernet Grain Blower (hand colored red). A straw stack is shown, as well as a pipe through which the grain is conveyed...
16. Filling silo with hay Filling silo with hay Harvesting machinery; Horse teams; Men; Barns Man pitching hay from wagon into chopper/blower to fill silo on Cornfalfa Farms. Image is hand colored
17. Man standing near shredding machine Man standing near shredding machine Agricultural machinery & implements; Men; Machine rotor appears to be rods rotating inside a drum.
18. Man operating tractor powering a shredding machine Man operating tractor powering a shredding machine Agricultural machinery & implements; Men; Rotary machine; might have been used to shred residue
19. Cornfalfa Farms=Binding to Combining 32: Baling straw from thresher Cornfalfa Farms=Binding to Combining 32: 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.
20. Men feeding thresher with grain sheaves Men feeding thresher with grain sheaves Men; Threshing; Barns; Agricultural machinery & implements; Horse teams; Peter L. Swartz sitting on pipe in which grain is blown from thresher. Horse drawn wagon loaded with sheaves, thresher, and straw stack behind barn are shown.
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