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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...
Nov 10, 2022
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...
Jun 8, 2022
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...
May 18, 2022
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...
Mar 9, 2022
Thoughts from the field: A Snowy Reprieve for Winter Wheat
A welcome, winter blast gave us historical farmers in New Jersey, USA, a bit of help this past Saturday, by covering our field of winter...
Feb 2, 2022
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