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Mole Ditcher

Horse Drawn Corn Picker

Cultivating Corn

Yellow Dent Corn

Husking Hook

Cattle Crossing Broken Fence

Excess corn stored outside elevator

Ethanol advertisement

1948 Corn Bowl program

Pfister Float in 1947 Corn Bowl Parade

Leo Miller House

Illinois Central Railroad, Construction

Brown's Corn Planter

Dennis Kenyon Home in the 1970s

Detasselers During World War II

Flat Bottom Drain Tile

Corn-Shock Binder

Delivering grain at Shirley elevator

Moving corn from combine to wagon

Tile Silo

Mature corn near Shirley

Griesheim's Advertisement for Cornfest

1947 Corn Bowl Parade

J.J. Ham House and Barn

Corn Crib on Lewis Bohrer Farm

Nelson Jones Home, South of Towanda, Illinois

Testing Seed Germination at Funk Brothers

Cooksville, Illinois, Grain Elevator about 1910

Prairie Breaking

Rear of Typical I-House

Richard M. Britt

Kickapoo Words for the Corn Plant

Farm 46 in 1997

Naffziger Round Tile Barn

Worm Fence

Corn Plant Drawing

Trimmed Hedge in Old Town Township

Picnic at Funk Farms

Concrete Block Barn

Heafer Tile Company in Bloomington

Mole Ditcher
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The mole ditcher was an iron-tipped log, series of logs, or round iron blade (such as seen here) about four inches in diameter, which was pulled through the soil a few inches under the surface.
Horse Drawn Corn Picker
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A horse drawn corn picker harvests the crop in the early 1900s in McLean County.
Cultivating Corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer cultivates his field behind two horses in this drawing.
Yellow Dent Corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Yellow Dent corn was well known to McLean County's earliest white settlers. This is Reid's Yellow Dent, a later development.
Husking Hook
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A corn husking hook was used to strip the ear from its outer covering. It attachs to the hand with canvas and maintains a sharp metal hook.
Cattle Crossing Broken Fence
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing shows how cattle and other livestock would wander beyond farms if proper fencing was not installed.
Excess corn stored outside elevator
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)When grain elevators and silos were full due to a bumper crop or better technology, excess corn would sometimes be piled on the ground for temporary storage.
Ethanol advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This advertisement promoting ethanol sits on the fence outside Leo Miller's farm in McLean County.
1948 Corn Bowl program
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This program for the 1948 Corn Bowl football game in Bloomington pitted the Illinois Wesleyan Titans against the Eastern Illinois Panthers.
Pfister Float in 1947 Corn Bowl Parade
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A Pfister float made of corn cobs travels in the 1947 Corn Bowl parade.
Leo Miller House
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This replacement house on the Leo Miller farm was built around the turn of the 20th century.
Illinois Central Railroad, Construction
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The construction of three railroads in the 1850s, including this picture of the Illinois Central Railroad, altered the relationship of the corn farm with the world outside McLean County, Illinois.
Brown's Corn Planter
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This example of a corn planter shows how two people were required to work the machinery.
Dennis Kenyon Home in the 1970s
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Dennis Kenyon home in the early 1970s.
Detasselers During World War II
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A group of female detasselers during World War II at Funk's farm including Gretchen Gottschalk, Barbara Benjamin, Marcella Pierson, unknown, Bessie Gottschalk, Phyllis Bender, Mary Johnston, Betty Belle Alverson, Isabel Gottschalk, Barbara Zook, Louise Gottschalk, May Johnson, and Alice Johnston.
Flat Bottom Drain Tile
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drain tile was made of clay and used for drainage of fields. It has a flat bottom and is 2-4 inches in diameter.
Corn-Shock Binder
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This illustration shows the tools used in binding corn into shocks.
Delivering grain at Shirley elevator
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Darrell Beehn, Jr. delivers grain to the elevator near Shirley, Illinois, in the fall of 1995.
Moving corn from combine to wagon
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A Cat Challenger grain cart and 9600 John Deere tractor harvest corn near Shirley, Illinois, in October 1995.
Tile Silo
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Marvin Hougham stands next to a tile silo built about 1920 by his father.
Mature corn near Shirley
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This mature cornfield is on the Funk Trust Farm near Shirley, Illinois, in September 1995.
Griesheim's Advertisement for Cornfest
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Griesheim's clothing store runs an ad for the Bloomington Cornfest.
1947 Corn Bowl Parade
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A float from the City of Bloomington depicting a mill wheel travels in the 1947 Corn Bowl Parade.
J.J. Ham House and Barn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)An 1887 view of J.J. Ham's 1873 home south of Hudson.
Corn Crib on Lewis Bohrer Farm
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing of the Lewis Bohrer farm shows a corn crib in the upper right corner.
Nelson Jones Home, South of Towanda, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Nelson Jones home, south of Towanda, was the first of several large Italianate farmhouses built in McLean County.
Testing Seed Germination at Funk Brothers
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A man tests seed germination inside a Funk building.
Cooksville, Illinois, Grain Elevator about 1910
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The farmer's grain elevator sits in Cooksville in 1910.
Prairie Breaking
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing shows a yoke of oxen plowing a field.
Rear of Typical I-House
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The rear of the Isaac Funk home, and I-house, which was built in 1842.
Richard M. Britt
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Richard M. Britt was an early farmer in Mount Hope Township in McLean County.
Kickapoo Words for the Corn Plant
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Kickapoo used various words in the diagram to identify parts of the corn plant.
Farm 46 in 1997
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photo of a cornfield on Farm 46 near Heyworth in 1997 shows the difference in crop production today from that in the 1930s.
Naffziger Round Tile Barn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This circular tile sided barn was built by William Naffziger in 1916 in Mount Hope Township, McLean County.
Worm Fence
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This zigzag, or worm, fence was common for pioneer fields, although such fencing took up valuable land.
Corn Plant Drawing
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sketch of a corn plant.
Trimmed Hedge in Old Town Township
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This hedge in Old Town Township, McLean County, is one of the few surviving examples of traditional trimming in the county.
Picnic at Funk Farms
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)People gather at Funk Farms for a picnic. Cars are seen in the background.
Concrete Block Barn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This concrete block barn was built around 1900.
Heafer Tile Company in Bloomington
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Edgar Heafer's tile plant, the Heafer Tile Company, produced many tiles for field drainage.

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