Farm Days Gone By

January 4, 2024 / Comments Off on Farm Days Gone By

Scott Lagger shares this photo from his neighbors, David and Laurel Rowley, of threshing wheat on the Frank Rowley farm in Homer Township sometime in…

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Farm Days Gone By

December 28, 2023 / Comments Off on Farm Days Gone By

Robert Whitler grew up on a farm in Girard, IL. When he moved to Joliet, he worked shift work at the Texaco Refinery in Lockport…

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Farm Days Gone By

December 21, 2023 / Comments Off on Farm Days Gone By

Doug Gougar shares this picture of his grandfather, Harlow Webster Gougar, plowing with a team of horses on the Gougar Farm in the early 1930s.…

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Farm Days Gone By

December 7, 2023 / Comments Off on Farm Days Gone By

Doug Gougar shares this photo of husking corn by hand on the Gougar Farm in 1942. Pictured left to right, Francie Berens, unknown standing next…

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Farm Days Gone By

December 4, 2023 / Comments Off on Farm Days Gone By

Doug Gougar shares this picture of Harlow Webster Gougar, his grandfather, with daughters Elizabeth Uttermare Gougar (Fields) and Harriet Ann Gougar (Hogue), and kneeling, Ray…

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Farm Days Gone By

November 30, 2023 / Comments Off on Farm Days Gone By

Dick Attaway shares this photo taken by his grandfather, Fred Attaway, of a traffic jam caused people assessing the damage around the Baker Farm following…

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Farm Days Gone By

November 23, 2023 / Comments Off on Farm Days Gone By

Vetch was a popular cover crop in the early 20th century, one also used for feeding horses and cattle. The Goodwin Brothers were early users…

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Farm Days Gone By

November 16, 2023 / Comments Off on Farm Days Gone By
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November 9, 2023 / Comments Off on Farm Days Gone By

OK, so you need a tractor, and it could take a while to order one, what with the war on and all. You’re in luck!…

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Farm Days Gone By

November 2, 2023 / Comments Off on Farm Days Gone By
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