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Harvesting Corn On The Wilfred Vunyea Farm, October 1948 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Harvesting Corn On The Wilfred Vunyea Farm, October 1948 image
Year:
1948
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 13, 1948
Caption:
CORN PICKER MOVES INTO WASHTENAW COUNTY: One of the first - perhaps the first - self-propelled corn pickers put in use on a Washtenaw County farm is now at work on the Wilfred Vunyea farm at 3340 N. Territorial Rd. It is shown above, with its owner at the wheel. Corn harvesting, with this machine, proceeds along at a clip of 20 to 30 acres a day.

John Monahan Operates An Old Reaper On Oscar Weber's Farm, August 1938

John Monahan Operates An Old Reaper On Oscar Weber's Farm, August 1938 image
Year:
1938
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 31, 1938
Caption:
OLD STYLE REAPER PREFERRED: Oscar Weber, whose farm is on M-11 just east of Bridgewater, still likes the self-raking reaper that was "the latest thing" about 75 years ago. John Monahan is shown operating the old-style reaper, a Champion model, in field of cloverseed on the Weber farm. This machine is about 67 years old.

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1979
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Cucumber Seed Threshing On The Clayton Carpenter Farm, October 1938

Cucumber Seed Threshing On The Clayton Carpenter Farm, October 1938 image
Year:
1938
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 12, 1938
Caption:
UNUSUAL THRESHING OPERATION: This picture shows a threshing outfit that is seldom used in Washtenaw county or vicinity. It was taken on the Clayton Carpenter farm on Chilson Rd., three miles north of Lakeland, where nine acres of cucumbers were ground up for seed last week. The cucumbers are being shoveled into a hopper by Willard Wiltse, a neighboring farmer. The seed and juices are sifted out in the revolving wire cage, falling into a moat lined with gunny sacking, and the residue is being shoveled away by Mr. Carpenter. The horse at the right is operating a treadmill, which turns the grinder and sifter.

Corn Shredding On The Aprill Farm, November 1936 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Corn Shredding On The Aprill Farm, November 1936 image
Year:
1936
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 11, 1936
Caption:
CORN SHREDDING TIME: Above is shown a group on the Manuel Aprill farm, Scio Church Rd., operating a corn shredder. Left to right they are: Mark Sweetland, Oscar Aprill, Manuel Aprill and Edward Aprill.

Jenkins Equipment Company Debuts Sherwin-Williams Tractor With Weed-Spraying Attachment, January 1949

Jenkins Equipment Company Debuts Sherwin-Williams Tractor With Weed-Spraying Attachment, January 1949 image
Year:
1949
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 2, 1949
Caption:
LOADED FOR A KILLING--WEEDS, THAT IS: With two 500-gallon drums of a special chemical-and-water solution and a special spraying attachment the tractor shown above is all ready to kill off noxious weeds in 20 acres of crop land. Edgar P. "Dutch" Widmyer of Dexter is at the wheel and Ralph Jenkins, also of Dexter and local distributor of this Sherwin-Williams tractor-attachment, is standing at his side. The weed-killing attachment delivers a spray 18 feet wide. One day's production can be 100 acres.

Massey-Harris Tractor Pulls Three-Plow Unit on Warren Murdoch Farm, April 1949

Massey-Harris Tractor Pulls Three-Plow Unit on Warren Murdoch Farm, April 1949 image
Year:
1949
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 13, 1949
Caption:
POWER FOR GANG PLOWING: Newcomer in the field of mechanization for Washtenaw county farms is this huge Massey-Harris tractor, shown pulling a three-plow unit on the Warren Murdoch farm at 7724 Walsh Rd., four miles north of Dexter. This machine is one of the largest, if not the largest, tractors to be introduced in the county, according to Ralph S. Jenkins, Dexter dealer. On the "Nebraska Test" it registers 47.04 h.p. on the belt, maximum, and 41.36, maximum, on the draw bar.