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Tile Barn Remains

Cultivating Corn with Horses

James R. Holbert

Melvin and Ada Hendricks

Corn Dryers

Cooksville, Illinois, in the late 1800s

Cartoonist View of Tractor Contest

P.M. Stubblefield Homestead in 1887

Chicago Stock Yards

Masthead from McLean County Anti-Monopolist

Mole Ditcher

Horse Drawn Corn Picker

Cultivating Corn

Yellow Dent Corn

Husking Hook

Cattle Crossing Broken Fence

James Wilson Jessee

Karr Homestead, Bloomington, Illinois

Cornbelt Cube

Laying Tile About 1940

Corn Husking Contest

Corn Sheller Advertisement

Plank Fence

Adjusting belt on combine in October 1995

Dumping corn into pit before drying

High density corn planting

Chisel Plowing

Heavy Plow

Map, McLean County Railroads in 1860

Gable Roof Corn Crib

Early Moldboard Plow

Kickapoo Grand Village Monument

Loading seed into corn planter

Hauling corn to Shirley elevator

Sommer Bros. Float in 1947 Corn Bowl Parade

Single Row Corn Picker about 1935

Corn Blotter Advertisement from 1916 Corn Show

Shirley Corn and Horse Show

Advertisement of Detasselers

Chinch Bug

Tile Barn Remains
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The remains of this round tile barn include the walls. It is located north of Normal, Illinois.
Cultivating Corn with Horses
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer cultivates a field of corn with a team of two horses.
James R. Holbert
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)James R. Holbert worked with the Funk Brothers in McLean County in developing many new plant products.
Melvin and Ada Hendricks
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photo shows Melvin and Ada Hendricks on their wedding day, February 25, 1939.
Corn Dryers
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Corn is suspended from the ceiling for drying purposes.
Cooksville, Illinois, in the late 1800s
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photo shows the business section of Cooksville in 1885.
Cartoonist View of Tractor Contest
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This cartoon depicts a 1916 tractor contest and demonstration.
P.M. Stubblefield Homestead in 1887
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Phineas M. Stubblefield built this farm and home in 1887.
Chicago Stock Yards
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Cattle are stored in pens at the Chicago stock yards.
Masthead from McLean County Anti-Monopolist
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This masthead is from an anti-monopolist newspaper briefly published in Saybrook.
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.
James Wilson Jessee
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A veteran of the Civil War, James Wilson Jessee worked as a farmhand after the war.
Karr Homestead, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Karr homestead near Bloomington, photographed about 1885, shows an example of what pioneer field and fences were like.
Cornbelt Cube
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This home, constructed around the turn of the 20th century, is called a Cornbelt Cube, or American Foursquare, because of its shape.
Laying Tile About 1940
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Workers lay drainage tile in a trench of a field about 1940.
Corn Husking Contest
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)An arial photo of a corn husking contest at Funk's Farm with hundreds of spectators.
Corn Sheller Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is an ad for a corn sheller, which would provide feed by removing kernels from the cob.
Plank Fence
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This plank fence at the Karr Homestead has a wide range of planks used, and a snake fence with riders or braces in the center.
Adjusting belt on combine in October 1995
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Darrell Beehn, Jr. adjusts a belt on a John Deere 4400 combine in October 1995.
Dumping corn into pit before drying
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Al Bateman dumps havested grain from his truck into a pit before drying.
High density corn planting
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This modern cornfield shows narrow rows and high plant density.
Chisel Plowing
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A 45 Cat Challenger pulls a Landall plow in a cornfield early in the season.
Heavy Plow
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing shows a heavy prairie-breaking plow used in early McLean County.
Map, McLean County Railroads in 1860
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This map shows the path of railroads through McLean County in 1860.
Gable Roof Corn Crib
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Corn cribs like this were built for more than a hundred years in McLean County and were among the most valuable structures on many farms.
Early Moldboard Plow
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This early moldboard plow was used to open new land for cornfields in spring.
Kickapoo Grand Village Monument
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A historical marker was placed at the site of the Grand Village of the Kickapoo in Ellsworth, Illinois, by the McLean County Historical Society in 1905.
Loading seed into corn planter
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Darrell Beehn Jr. loads Pioneer seed into an International 400 Cycle planter near Shirley, Illinois. Darrell Beehn Sr. stands beside the planter.
Hauling corn to Shirley elevator
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Darrell Beehn, Jr. hauls grain to the elevator near Shirley, Illinois, in the fall of 1995.
Sommer Bros. Float in 1947 Corn Bowl Parade
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A Sommer Bros. Seed Co. float travels in the 1947 Corn Bowl parade.
Single Row Corn Picker about 1935
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A single row corn picker machine helps harvest the crop in a McLean County field about 1935.
Corn Blotter Advertisement from 1916 Corn Show
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A blotter from the 1916 Bloomington Cornfest advertises the Corn Palace.
Shirley Corn and Horse Show
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The entrance to the main tent at the 1912 Shirley Corn and Horse Show was decorated with cornstalks. Hundreds came to celebrate the corn harvest.
Advertisement of Detasselers
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Advertisement and photograph of detasselers during World War II.
Chinch Bug
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The chinch bug in this drawing -- actual size is 1/16" -- destroyed millions of dollars worth of the corn in the 1930s.

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