Farmers Weekly Review

Here’s a nice aerial shot of the Fred and Sophie Barten Farm in Manhattan. Thanks to Debbi Barten-South for submitting.

Brothers Rodney and Ron Bettenhausen (ages 6 and 4) standing in a wagon load of corn while their father, Rodger Bettenhausen, stands near the 1939…

In 1951, the Eugene and MaryKay Gallagher family were voted Typical Farm Family of Illinois. They lived in Manhattan Township, where they farmed 440 acres…

Here’s an oldie. The following are the persons appearing in this photo in front of the Smith District School, May 30, 1894. The school was…

Recently, you saw a picture from 1894 of a class from the Smith District School. Here’s an aerial photo, probably not from a drone, of…

Dick Tyler shares this photo of the 4th Grade class at Elwood Grade School, led by teacher Pearl Wilfong. These kids are 73 and 74…

Brothers Rodney and Ron Bettenhausen (ages 5 and 3) sitting on a hay rack as it is unloaded into the barn by their grandfather, Fred…

From left, Glenn Bettenhausen of rural Manhattan, Mr. Hintz, C. Boyer (back to the camera) and Fred Bettenhausen unloading corn from a wagon October 6,…

Jeff Brandau shares this picture of John Wille and Clarence Sangmeister shelling corn at Wille’s farm back in the 1960s. Looks a lot different than…

Back in mid-August, Farmers Weekly Review columnist John Kiefner wrote about old milk cans and the milk sheds that housed them before refrigeration came along.…