Farmers Weekly Review

Walter Seggebruch takes a break atop his hay wagon on the Crete farm in 1930. He and wife Grace were the parents of Marie Seggebruch…

We got a bunch of old pictures dropped off at the office, which was nice, because we’re running low. This one shows George Herbst running…

Here’s a nice photo of the Seggebruch family of Crete in 1936: Walter and Grace with their children, from left, Marie Seggebruch (Lorenz), Fred Seggebruch…

Wind power is nothing new on farms, as this farmhand on the Seggebruch farm Crete shows us the 16-foot diameter mill. We hope all that…

Jeff Brandau sends us this picture from the 1960s of Clarence and Ralph Sangmeister are dehairing a pig for butchering. That was good eatin’!

Jeff Brandau submitted this photo from the 1960s of John Wille and Clarence Sangmeister shelling corn at John Wille’s farm.

The Seggebruch kids — Millie, Marie and Fred — in front of the farmhouse in Crete in 1941.

Rodney Bettenhausen shared a bunch of photos taken by his grandmother, Sylvia Bettenhausen of rural Manhattan. In this one, Glenn Bettenhausen of rural Manhattan, Mr.…

Jeff Brandau, whose Mom was a Sangmeister, shares this photo from 1967 of Marie Sangmeister at the sewing machine and Roy Sangmeister repairing the canvas…

John Kiefner provided this photo to go with his column this week. Before electricity and refrigeration came to the dairy farm, milk was stored in…