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Oxen on Turn-of-the-Century Farm
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Oxen, like this team on a turn-of-the-century McLean County farm, were slower than horses but more suited to heavy tasks like prairie breaking.
Row Marker Sketch
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A sketch of a man in a row marker being pulled by two horses. The vehicle has large wheels on each side.
Brokaw Plow Shop
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Brokaw Plow Shop perfected the 'Bloomington Clipper Plow,' an effective tool for turning prairie soil.
Plow Sketch
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A sketch of an early plow, probably hitched to oxen or horses. A hook at the front provides for the hitch. At the back are handles for the farmer to guide the plow. A wheel in the middle provides movement.
Capp Blacksmith Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)T.F. Capp owned a blacksmith shop at 303 with Washington where he did horseshoeing and repaired plows.
Illinois Tractor Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Illinois Tractor Company in Bloomington promised "the lowest priced tractor in the world.
Prairie Breaking
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing shows a yoke of oxen plowing a field.
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.
Heavy Plow
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing shows a heavy prairie-breaking plow used in early McLean County.
Ox Shoes
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Ox shoes, such as these, were used to protect oxen hooves when they plowed up prairie land.
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.
Walton Plow Shop
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Walton Plow Shop manufactured plows and farm implements in downtown Bloomington from 1857 to the 1890s.

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Oxen on Turn-of-the-Century Farm

Row Marker Sketch

Brokaw Plow Shop

Plow Sketch

Capp Blacksmith Advertisement

Illinois Tractor Advertisement

Prairie Breaking

Early Moldboard Plow

Heavy Plow

Ox Shoes

Chisel Plowing

Walton Plow Shop

Oxen on Turn-of-the-Century Farm

Row Marker Sketch

Brokaw Plow Shop

Plow Sketch

Capp Blacksmith Advertisement

Illinois Tractor Advertisement

Prairie Breaking

Early Moldboard Plow

Heavy Plow

Ox Shoes

Chisel Plowing

Walton Plow Shop