Farmers Weekly Review

Sharen Klausing Suste of Frankfort shares this photo from 60 years ago of the Fred Francis 4H Field in New Lenox finally ready for the…

Rex Steffes dropped by to show us this picture from 1926 of Jacob Steffes and his hired guy cultivating 40-inch corn on the farm in…

Jeff Brandau shares a picture from 1969 of Clarence Sangmeister and Roy Sangmeister (with the grease gun) getting ready to pick corn.

Judy Brown of Lockport dug up this oldie but goodie from 1895, taken at her grandfather, Charles Burkhardt’s, farm in Goodfarm Township in Grundy County.…

Farm Bureau member Judith Brown of Lockport shares this picture from 1926 taken of her grandfather, Charles Burkhardt, on his farm in Goodfarm Township in…

Rodney Bettenhausen shared this picture of his young self at age 2, unloading corn in 1961 with his grandfather, Fred Bettenhausen (rear) of rural Manhattan,…

Tired of the heat? Maybe this will help. Here’s a shot of the Seggebruch Farm with the hog shed in the background, under a pile…

Rodney Bettenhausen shares this photo taken by his grandmother, Sylvia Bettenhausen of rural Manhattan, of Elmer Bettenhausen driving a John Deere corn picker taken October…

A tornado in May 1917 devastated many structures in rural Will County, including this one on the Seggebruch Farm in Crete. The barn was later…

Rodney Bettenhausen shares this photo taken by his grandmother, Sylvia Bettenhausen of rural Manhattan, in 1926 of Fred Bettenhausen (standing) of rural Manhattan with his…