Horse Drawn Corn Picker

Rights Information

Resource Type

image

Coverage / Year

c. 1910

Description

A horse drawn corn picker harvests the crop in the early 1900s in McLean County.

Interpretation

Mechanized corn pickers, such as this one, were often impractical because they missed many ears of corn. In addition, they would get stuck in wet soil.

Inscription

Horse drawn corn picker. (MCHS)

Lesson Plans / Themes

American Communities in History
Communities and Geography
How we learn about communities

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

Horses
Corn
Harvesting machinery
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 5:4, p. 62
mch0285

Date Created

7-18-00

Resource Type	image
Title	Horse Drawn Corn Picker
Coverage / Year	c. 1910
Description	A horse drawn corn picker harvests the crop in the early 1900s in McLean County.
Interpretation	Mechanized corn pickers, such as this one, were often impractical because they missed many ears of corn. In addition, they would get stuck in wet soil.
Inscription	Horse drawn corn picker. (MCHS)
Lesson Plans / Themes	American Communities in History Communities and Geography How we learn about communities
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	Horses Corn Harvesting machinery 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 5:4, p. 62 mch0285
Date Created	7-18-00

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