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Old Time Farm Equipment
In and Around Carroll County
Photos contributed by Alice Horner
Threshing scene probably about 1900.
My mother's notes say that it was probably Clifford Downing's farm,
which was where the Old Grout House was.
All this postcard states is "Donald M. Simpson picture, Believed Mt. Carroll, Illinois."
This photograph was probably taken on the Horner farm in Rock Creek Township , south of Lanark , Illinois.
It may have been taken around 1925. Both men are preparing a field for planting corn.
The 4-horse hitch is pulling a harrow (or drag) to smooth the soil ahead of the planter.
The man with the 2-horse team, probably H. Reid Horner, is riding a corn planter that is drilling in the corn seed.
Farmers continued to use horses in farm operations well into the 1940s.
Wide spread use of tractors did not occur until after World War II.
Information provided by Leroy Getz
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