West Elevator in Albee was operated by J. C. Cahill. It was operated by horsepower.聽This elevator had a 10,000-bushel capacity. J. C. Cahill came to Grant County in 1889 where he was engaged in teaching until 1896 when he was accepted a position as a grain buyer for Northwestern Elevator Company.
This tractor spent its entire working life in South Dakota with all but five years on the Guilds farm east of Dell Rapids. In 1989, after rejecting many lucrative offers and wishing his Mogul would permanently remain in South Dakota, William "Willy" Guilds donated his tractor to the Agricultural Heritage Museum.
Throughout the 1920s and especially the 1930s the Great Plains were hit by grasshopper invasions of varying intensity. Montana, Kansas and Nebraska all reported grasshopper damage to crops in the 1920s. The photographer, South Dakota State University agronomist Joseph G. Hutton, took this picture of a Douglas County sweet clover haystack that has been partially eaten away.聽
One Wednesday last April, the blog featured an Aspinwall Potato Cutter.鈥疶he Aspinwell is free-standing manufactured device. Today鈥檚 potato cutter is hand made.聽 It is simply a board with 2 metal blades set into the center of the board. It could be placed over a basket or bin so that the sliced potatoes fall in.聽
Written on the reverse of this cabinet card photograph is "Someones homestead in Lake Co." The two women sitting in chairs in front of their tar paper shack which is sodded part way up from the ground look ready for a good chat.
The Prince Butter Cutter No. P306 was manufactured by Strite-Anderson Manufacturing Company, Minneapolis.聽 It was patented on Aug. 16, 1932, by Albert Slaten, Minneapolis.
Huron College was founded in 1883 as Presbyterian University of South Dakota and located in Pierre. The City of Pierre agreed to furnish 20 acres of land and $13,000, if buildings worth $30,000 would be constructed by July 1884.
Hand cards are the traditional method of preparing fleece and fibers for spinning. The purpose of carding is to produce a batt or rolag of fluffy wool that makes spinning easier.聽聽
Even though today is Wednesday, the traditional day of baking, we are talking about Monday (wash day) today. This funny looking item, a tin cone with a wood handle, is a laundry agitator.
