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Title
Cultivating Soybeans with Horses
Description
A farmer, pulled by two horses, cultivates his soybean crop about 1930.
Interpretation
The great crop change of the 1930s was the substitution of soybeans for eats in the system of crop rotation. Farmers began to apply newly popular mechanized corn producing techniques to beans. They started planting soybeans, like corn, in rows. After much experimentation, they discovered that corn harvesting equipment could be used to gather beans.
Inscription
Soybeans were the miracle crop of the 1920s and 1930s. (Funk Heritage Trust)
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • How We Learn About Communities  
  • American Communities in History  
  • Communities and Geography  
Learning Standards
  • 18 Social systems  
  • 16 History  
  • 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
  • Croplands  
  • Horses  
  • Farming  
  • Farmers  
  • Soybeans  
  • McLean County (Ill.)  
Temporal Coverage
1930~
Collection Publisher
McLean County Museum of History
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier
  • IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 7:11, p. 99
  • mch0338
Date Created
36725
Collection Title
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
Collection
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
TitleCultivating Soybeans with Horses
DescriptionA farmer, pulled by two horses, cultivates his soybean crop about 1930.
InterpretationThe great crop change of the 1930s was the substitution of soybeans for eats in the system of crop rotation. Farmers began to apply newly popular mechanized corn producing techniques to beans. They started planting soybeans, like corn, in rows. After much experimentation, they discovered that corn harvesting equipment could be used to gather beans.
InscriptionSoybeans were the miracle crop of the 1920s and 1930s. (Funk Heritage Trust)
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • How We Learn About Communities  
  • American Communities in History  
  • Communities and Geography  
Learning Standards
  • 18 Social systems  
  • 16 History  
  • 15 Economics  
Author or CreatorMcLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.  
Other ContributorsWalters, 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
  • Croplands  
  • Horses  
  • Farming  
  • Farmers  
  • Soybeans  
  • McLean County (Ill.)  
Temporal Coverage1930~
Collection PublisherMcLean County Museum of History
RightsCopyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier
  • IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 7:11, p. 99
  • mch0338
Date Created36725
Collection TitleTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
CollectionTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

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