Agri View: Cotton Harvesting

Dan Agri View, Cotton

…harvesters, used chiefly in Texas and Oklahoma, have rollers or mechanical brushes that remove the entire boll from the plant. In the rest of the Belt, spindle pickers are used….

Garden by the Moon

Dan General, This Land of Ours

…a calendar of the best days for sowing, planting, weeding, and other garden chores, as determined by the phase and position of the Moon. Our readers have long sworn by…

Farm Camp

Dan Education, General, This Land of Ours

…– This camp on a small, organic, diversified farm allows kids to learn everything from making and planting beds, adding compost, watering, weeding, and harvesting, to eating and observing. They…

Agri View: Inventions and Agriculture

Dan Agri View

…Firestone’s dream of putting the farm on rubber was on its way to being reality. 10. Hydraulic Implement Lift with Draft Control: The first tractor mechanical lift appeared in 1927,…

The Western View: Red Combines

Taylor Hillman Features, Western View

…art. The Western View: Red Combines This new book chronicles the history of one of the most important mechanical devices ever invented. The book is about combine harvesters built by…