Harvesting Corn on Funk Trust Farm

Resource Type

image

Coverage / Year

1995

Description

A Cat Challenger grain cart and combine work in a cornfield on Funk Trust Farm near Shirley, Illinois, in October 1995.

Interpretation

Today with combines, farmers can expect to harvest 100 acres of corn a day.

Inscription

Harvesting corn on the Funk Trust Farm near Shirley, Illinois, October 1995. (Ann Charback)

Lesson Plans / Themes

How we learn about communities

Learning Standards

Author or Creator

McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.

Other Contributors

Walters, William D, Jr., 1942-

Source

ISBN 0-943788-15-3 (1997)
The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' by William D. Walters Jr.

Subject / Keywords

Collection Publisher

McLean County Museum of History

Rights Management Statement

http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm
For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project.

Resource Identifier

Date Created

36725

Resource Type	image
Title	Harvesting Corn on Funk Trust Farm
Coverage / Year	1995
Description	A Cat Challenger grain cart and combine work in a cornfield on Funk Trust Farm near Shirley, Illinois, in October 1995.
Interpretation	Today with combines, farmers can expect to harvest 100 acres of corn a day.
Inscription	Harvesting corn on the Funk Trust Farm near Shirley, Illinois, October 1995. (Ann Charback)
Lesson Plans / Themes	How we learn about communities
Learning Standards	18 Social Systems 13 Science, Technology and Society 15 Economics
Author or Creator	McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.
Other Contributors	Walters, William D, Jr., 1942-
Source	ISBN 0-943788-15-3 (1997) The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' by William D. Walters Jr.
Subject / Keywords	Corn Harvesting machinery Combines (Agricultural machinery) Granaries McLean County, Illinois
Collection Publisher	McLean County Museum of History
Rights Management Statement	http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project.
Resource Identifier	IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 8:12, p. 118 mch0362
Date Created	36725

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