World War I, 1914-1918; Military Training; Iowa State University;
""American girls learning to use tractors in order to increase the Country's food supply at the National Service School, Inc., of the Women's Naval Service, Inc."" The tractor and the plow being pulled have all metal wheels without tires. An...
Iowa State University; Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station; Corn
A seed corn dryer is attached to a building via a rectangular shoot. The dryer's wheels and lower section are enclosed in a covered wooden frame structure. An opening in one end of the dryer shows some of it's inner workings.
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; Homecoming; Scrapheap Scramble
Tau Kappa Epsilon, Epsilon Chapter, entry in the Scrap Heap Scramble is a Ford car with an extra set of wheels mounted in front. Several people are riding on the car, while others push it along the street.
Iowa State University; Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering
At the center of the photograph is a brick structure enclosed by a metal frame on wheels. The man on the left is operating a switch and there are pipes leading from the structure into two oil drums on the right.
Iowa State University; Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Dept.; Woodworking; Band saws
Several men are occupied in the construction of wooden structures. Their activities include: sawing, hammering and filing. A large band saw is at one side of the room. Its large wheels and most of the blade are enclosed in a wire safety...
Farm Equipment; Agriculture; Iowa State University;
A tractor driver and Iowa State Professor J.B. Davidson looking at an Iowa integrating and recording traction dynamometer, mounted on the linkage between the tractor and the piece of farm machinery being pulled. The farm tractor has rubber tires....
Farm Equipment; Agriculture; Iowa State University;
A tractor-mounted six-row cultivator seen from the rear. One man is driving the tractor.One man is also seated on each of the two rear sections of the cultivator, one on each side of the machine. The machinery and the tractor have steel wheels....
Farm Equipment; Agriculture; Iowa State University;
A tractor-mounted six-row cultivator seen from the front. One man is driving the tractor.One man is also seated on each of the two rear sections of the cultivator, one on each side of the machine. The machinery and the tractor have steel wheels....
Farm Equipment; Agriculture; Iowa State University;
The operation of a pulverator and drill in an untilled field. The tractor pulling the machinery has unusually light and narrow steel wheels. The photograph is from the rear. A roadway fence line at the edge of the field is in the middle distance.
Farm Equipment; Agriculture; Iowa State University;
A front view of an Oliver tractor with a mounted cultivator stradling two rows of corn. The driver, wearing a pith helmet, is closely watching the front wheels of the tractor.
Farm Equipment; Agriculture; Iowa State University;
A closeup view of a tractor mounted cultivator with a pair of disk hillers and two pairs of sweeps per row for final corn cultivation. The tractor has steel wheels. The corn being cultivated is approximately three feet high.
