Helper on wagonload of wheat to be threshed on Beerman's ranch at Emblem, Wyoming. He has about 150 acres in all (quarter section), about forty-three in wheat; the rest in oats, beans, and alfalfa. This year they are getting between fifty-five and sixty bushels wheat per acre, whereas ordinarily he gets about forty bushels per acre. He has lived on the place forty years, owned it for the past twenty years.
Summary
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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wyoming
big horn county
emblem
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helper
wagonload
wheat
beerman
ranch
acres
quarter
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quarter section
forty three
rest
oats
beans
alfalfa
year
fifty five
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sixty bushels wheat
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forty bushels
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place forty years
twenty years
emblems
united states history
workers
library of congress
Date
01/01/1941
Contributors
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer
Location
big horn county
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html