Iowa State University; Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station
Four workers are harvesting a field using a McCormick Deering harvester which is being pulled by a tractor. One worker is driving the tractor while another uses a pitchfork to direct material from the harvester. Two seated men are riding on the...
Iowa State University; Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station; Silos; Silage
Two workers are filling a temporary silo. One man is using a pitchfork, while the other maneuvers a silage unloader in order to fill the silo evenly. A tractor and car are near the silo. In the background cattle graze near the farm's...
Iowa State University; Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station; Silos; Silage
A temporary circular silo is filled with grass ensilage. There is a barn and trees in the background. Near the silo is a tall wooden pole with a pulley near the top.
Iowa State University; Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station; Silos; Silage
Using a pitchfork, a worker spreads ensilage from a large wooden wheeled cart onto a pit silo. Other farm machinery, fences and buildings are in the background.
Iowa State University; Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station; Corn
A monoplane, flying low over a field of corn, is spreading powered pesticide. The plane's wheels are almost touching the tops of the plants. A row of trees is in the background.
Iowa State University; Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station
A researcher adjusts dials on a laboratory apparatus that consists of various pieces of connected metal tubing. There is also a coil of wire immersed in a liquid filled beaker. A log book lies open on a stand to the right of the machinery.
A chemistry laboratory session. Twelve young men and women are working at their individual work stations. A row of fume hoods is against the back wall between large windows. Common laboratory apparatus can be seen throughout the laboratory.