Simplicity, McCall’s, Butterick, Advance pattern companies, and other sources offered patterns for 4-H outfits from 1927-1968. Throughout these years, fashion from the 4-H outfits has changed to suit the culture of that time period.
A Gunter’s chain, also known as a surveyor’s chain, is used to measure distances when surveying land. It allows plots of land to be accurately surveyed and plotted for legal and commercial purposes.
This machine is a horse-drawn check row corn planter, which increased the efficiency of planting. Check row planting is a labor-intensive method of planting, which allowed planting of 10 to 20 acres per day.
Joseph Hutton was a professor of agronomy at South Dakota College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. He was ahead of his time about his concerns about the abuse of intensive cultivation.
