Title

Farmer Plowing

Subject

Farming

History-- Sterling, Kansas

Description

The 1950's saw the end of horse-drawn implements on local farms. The Mansz brothers who lived on Avenue V six miles east of Sterling, were the last to switch to the tractor. In the picture, Walter is planting corn with a single-row riding lister. The harness indicates that that the horse era was near its end. Everything was held together with binder twine and bailing wire.

Written by Max Moxley for his "Images of the Past" column for the "Sterling Bulletin"



--Max Moxley for his Images of the Past column on Feb 26, 2004.

Source

Sterling Free Public Library, Sterling, Kansas

Publisher

Sterling Free Public Library, Sterling, Kansas

Date

1950's

Contributor

Max Moxley

Rights

Reproduced with permission from the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.

In Copyright

Format

image/jpeg

Language

English

Type

Photographs

Identifier

MM_farming182.jpg
MM_farming182b.jpg