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| Title | Ploughing |
| Date of Original | 1880 |
| Description | Line of horse-drawn plows extending into horizons with man behind each holding the handles of plow. Man riding horse and an other man nearby observing. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Agriculture
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Plowing
Plows
Horses
Agricultural laborers
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| Location | Minnesota
United States
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| Decade | 1880-1889
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| Item Number | Folio 102.AgG46.4b |
| Format of Original | Lithographs
Color images
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| Dimensions of Original | 11 x 26 cm. |
| Publisher of Original | Graphic
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| Place of Publication | London (England)
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| Transcription | "Farming in the Red River Valley. These sketches illustrate work on one of the large wheat farms in the Red River Valley, the western boundary of Northern Minnesota. They show the several operations of 'Breaking, ' that is, turning the sod of the virgin prairie; 'Ploughing, ' for seeding; 'Reaping, ' and storing the grain in the Elevator or Grain Warehouse. The 'sulky' ploughs are drawn by three or four horses or mules, and either are driven by a man or boy. they are driven in echelon, each division, consisting of about fifteen ploughs, being under the supervision of a mounted superintendent. The prairie in this part of the country being level, the ploughs, as they move along mile after mile, leave a broad band of rich black loam to mark their progress. the same arrangement of labour is adopted for the cross-ploughing and reaping. The reaping is done by self-binders drawn by four horses, and driven by one man seated on the reaper, who is this way can reap about twelve acres a day, the self-binder cutting, binding, and laying the grain ready for the stockers. It is then carried off in wagons, threshed in the field, and the grain taken to the 'Elevator.' On small farms the same labour-saving machinery is much in use, and elevators as well as grain buyers are found at the principal stations of the St. Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway, traversing this fertile valley, which has come to be regarded as the future wheat-field of America. This is the country and these the farms recently visited by Mr. Clare Sewell Read, M.P., and Mr. Albert Pell, M.P. Royalcommissioners, in their tour through Minnesota. - Accompanying text on page 143. |
| Notes | Title from caption with image.
Artist initials 'J C D."
One of seven images of series "Farming in the Red River Valley." |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Dakota Lithographs and Engravings Collection Folio 102
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/6673 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (Folio 102.AgG46.4b) |
| Rights Management | Image in public domain. |
| Language | eng; |
| Digital ID | rsL00021 |
| Original Source | The Graphic, Aug. 7, 1880. p. 144-145. |
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