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Cheap Stump.jpg
Removal of trees so as to create farmland, and especially the stumps left behind, was an arduous process for European settlers. Although there were complex (and expensive) "patent machines" available, small farmers trying to remove fairly…

Stewart's Patent Stump Machine.jpg

Stump Puller 1.jpg

Erasmo Trejo.jpg

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Potato Production 1909-1950.jpg

Sugar Harvest.jpg

Dividing Farms.jpg

Sowing Sheet.jpg

Corn Planter.jpg
Prior to the 1800s, corn was planted by hand in hillocks or rows. Industrial technologies profoundly affected agriculture with many patent machines like this horse-drawn planter designed by Calvin Olds. In a language typical for other devices of the…
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