Farm Days Gone By

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Farm Days Gone By

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

Farm Days Gone By

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

Farm Days Gone By

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

Farm Days Gone By

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

Farm Days Gone By

A tornado in May 1917 devastated many structures in rural Will County, including this one on the Seggebruch Farm in…

Farm Days Gone By

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

Farm Days Gone By

Fred Seggebruch, right, and Walter Seggebruch, second from right, show off their Hereford steer to a delegation from Italy that…

Farm Days Gone By

Corn picking was a lot different 80-some years ago. Kathy Forsythe shares this photo of her father, David, picking corn…

Farm Days Gone By

Kathy Forsythe of Manhattan shares this photo of a teacher picking up students for school on Old Chicago Road, now…

Farm Days Gone By

This picture shows Baskerville cattle on the way to the scale at the old Chicago Union Stockyards in 1939. Benjamin…

Farm Days Gone By

Kathy Forsythe shares this picture from 1910 or so of her mother and aunts, and grandparents — Christian and Emma…

Farm Days Gone By

Elmer Halfeldt shares a picture showing breakdowns in the field, and having to wait hours for a John Deere rep,…