A Year On The Field
Project Blog

Grain Harvesting Technology at The Henry Ford, Dearborn, Michigan, USA

Museum collections contain material culture documenting grain harvesting tools and equipment. The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, USA,...

Wheat processing at Carter Historic Farm (USA)

We are happy to share Corinne Gordons report on wheat processing at Carter Historic Farm as part of our last posting regarding our wheat...

Wheat Harvest and Reaper Technology at Firestone Farm in Greenfield Village at The Henry Ford (USA)

Lazy days of summer start for some farmers only after they finish the most stressful time of their year – grain harvest. Wheat ripeness...

Wheat harvest at Howell Living History Farm (USA)

The harvest of the 2022 wheat crop at Howell Living History Farm began on June 25th as part of a Saturday event. Normally, three horses...

Wheat harvest at the Hessenpark Open-Air Museum (Germany)

In the second week of August the team of the Hessenpark Open-Air Museum harvested their grain. Due to extremely dry weather, it could...

Equipment in focus: the Bickford & Huffman Grain Drill (ca. 1890), The Henry Ford (USA)

As an official grower with the “A Year on the Field” project, staff at the Firestone Farm in Greenfield Village (The Henry Ford, Dearborn...

Wheat sowing at Barrington Plantation State Historic Site (Texas, USA)

On a cloudy Oct 10th 2021, the staff at Barrington Plantation State Historic Site (focusing on the American South in the 1840-50s; see...

Wheat sowing at Carter Historic Farm (Ohio, USA)

The Carter Historic Farm is a Great Depression-era living history farm in Bowling Green, Ohio. They raise livestock and heirloom grains...

Soil Preparation at Howell Living History Farm, Mercer County Park Commission (USA)

The 3-acre field is located within the farm's 45 tillable acres.The 130-acre historic farm and surrounding Pleasant Valley Rural Historic...

Soil Preparation at Barrington Plantation State Historic Site (Texas, USA)

Focusing on mid 19th century Texas (USA), Barrington Plantation is a living history farm complete with period costumed interpreters using...