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The 19th-century land rush was heavily subsidized by railroad companies, who had been granted large tracts of appropriated indigenous land and had a financial stake in the settlement of territories. This advertisement lists out eighteen inducements…

Table from an in-depth survey of agricultural records reveals transformations in the economics of farming. While overall potato production rose during the first half of the 20th century, the "disposition" of that production changed: a smaller…

A beehive, traditional symbol of industry and an orderly community, organizes four images of farming around its center. In clockwise order from the top, we see the arts of landscaping and decorative gardening; a barnyard with various farm animals…

George N. Comer was founder, in 1840, of a Boston "Commercial College" bearing his name. The subjects it taught were eclectic: penmanship, bookkeeping, commercial correspondence and computations, navigation, engineering, and surveying. The…

Close-up photograph of the largest crop harvested by migrant farmworkers in Wyoming County, primarily due to the careful hand work needed to prevent damage. A week before potatoes were harvested, an herbicide was sprayed on the foliage. Original…

Map shows a somewhat idealized pattern of migrant farm labor on the east coast during the mid-twentieth century. As many as an estimated 58,000 workers in 1949 followed harvests northward. They were primarily Black, and worked in "areas of intensive…

Originally entitled, "Mrs. Moore (Carl's Mother) & Roy Gibson (Tomato Series A) Moore Camp, Steuben", under number 449, Mrs. Moore and Roy Gibson, sort through tomatoes with gloves after they are processed through a machine in Moore Camp on Gibson…

Original caption describes photo as "Tomato Series D, Gibson Farm, Moore Camp, Steuben." What this means is that it was one of several photos taken at harvest time on the the farm of Roy Gibson, whose crew leader was Carl Moore.

This poster is one of many "soil conservation charts" created by the US Department of Agriculture during the 1930s, specifically in response to conditions of drought and farming practices that had exacerbated the problem. In this instance, the Soil…