Harvesting Corn on Funk Trust Farm

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Descriptive Information

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

Temporal Coverage

1995

Collection Publisher

McLean County Museum of History

Rights

Resource Identifier

Date Created

36725

Collection Title

Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

Collection

Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

Title	Harvesting Corn on Funk Trust Farm
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 (Ill.)
Temporal Coverage	1995
Collection Publisher	McLean County Museum of History
Rights	Copyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier	IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 8:12, p. 118 mch0362
Date Created	36725
Collection Title	Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
Collection	Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

Harvesting Corn on Funk Trust Farm