Description: This is a picture of a person cutting wheat in a wheat field. The unidentified person can be seen riding on a piece of farm equipment possibly used to bind or cut wheat. Another person is behind farm equipment. Several bales of wheat can be seen and some farm buildings can be seen in the background. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F07_009_001
Subjects: Warren County (Ohio)--Pictorial works; Lebanon (Warren County, Ohio : Civil jurisdiction)--Pictorial works; Agricultural crops; Wheat--Harvesting; Farm equipment; Farm buildings
Places: Warren County (Ohio); Lebanon (Ohio : Township)
 

Description: This photograph shows a farmer and his helper cutting wheat in Warren County, Ohio, near Lebanon, June 22, 1938. They are using a tractor with a reaping attachment to cut the wheat. Machines such as the tractor were part of an overall mechanization of agriculture that began in the nineteenth century and continued to increase throughout the twentieth century. Using these methods, the farmer and one additional young man could harvest an entire wheat crop, eliminating the need for large groups of farm laborers at harvest time. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F04_023_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Crops; Wheat--Harvesting.; Farm equipment; Farm buildings
Places: Lebanon (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a farmer and his helper cutting wheat in Warren County, Ohio, near Lebanon, June 22, 1938. They are using a tractor with a reaping attachment to cut the wheat. Machines such as the tractor were part of an overall mechanization of agriculture that began in the 19th century and continued to increase throughout the 20th century. Using these methods, the farmer and one additional young man could harvest an entire wheat crop, eliminating the need for large groups of farm laborers at harvest time. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F07_007_001
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Crops; Wheat--Harvesting.; Farm equipment; Farm buildings
Places: Warren County (Ohio); Lebanon (Ohio)
 

Description: Group of farmers in front of steam-operated Champion wheat thresher, ca. 1910-1919. A thresher is designed to separate the grain (wheat) from its stalks and husks, allowing for much more efficient harvesting and processing of grain crops. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00609
Subjects: Farm equipment; Farm life; Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Wheat
 

Description: Before new technologies were widely available in the post-war years, threshing wheat was a laborious task. Crops had to be brought to a thresher like the one pictured here where the wheat and chaff would be separated, as seen in this 1948 Joe Munroe photograph. With the advent of the combine, all of this work could be done on the move, which made it far more efficient. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B27_F656_JPG069b
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Wheat--Harvesting.; Farming; Agriculture Technological innovations; Farm equipment.
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: A field of wheat in shocks in central Ohio. The field is owned by the Ohio State University, College of Agriculture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F05_012_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio--History--20th century.; Ohio State University; Wheat
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County
 

Description: A shock of wheat ready for threshing on a farm in Ohio. The photograph comes from the Ohio State University School of Agriculture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F04_019_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio--History--20th century; Wheat; Harvesting; Crops; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Photograph of a threshing scene showing workmen, a steam traction engine, a thresher, and a wagon drawn by oxen. The photograph is believed to have been taken in the vicinity of South Zanesville, Ohio, ca. 1890. Threshing (or thrashing, as it was once called) refers to the separating of grain from the chaff of harvested wheat. With the development of mechanical threshing machines, the process became steadily less labor-intensive, but still required laborers as seen here. A traction engine is a self-propelled and steam-powered piece of equipment used to transport loads and provide power for agricultural use. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC801_03
Subjects: Agriculture; Agricultural laborers; Farm equipment; Food production; Wheat;
Places: South Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Well managed farm in Butler County." The photograph depicts a field of wheat in the foreground with a barn nestled in the background. Butler County was established by the State of Ohio on March 24, 1803. The county was named in honor of Richard Butler, who was killed in St. Clair’s Defeat in 1791. Originally a part of Hamilton County, Butler County is located in Ohio's southwestern corner and borders Indiana on its western border. The county is generally rural, although urban areas cover twelve percent of Butler County's 467 square miles. The county’s largest city is Hamilton, the county seat, followed by the next two largest cities Middletown and Fairfield. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F03_004_1
Subjects: Barns--Ohio; Wheat--Growth; Agriculture--Ohio--Butler County.
Places: Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of men threshing hay, taken by James B. Scott of Circleville, Ohio. The photographer provided a caption reading: "Miami Valley Thresher's Steam Show and Reunion - Madison Co. Fairgrounds - London, Ohio." The image was one of ten to win Honorable Mention in the Amateur category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. In August 1976, the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Committee (OARBAC) began the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest as part of a larger effort in Ohio to celebrate the 1976 American Bicentennial. The contest was meant to document "the spirit and character of the people and places which represent Ohio during [the] bicentennial year," and to create a permanent photographic archive of the year's festivity for use by future researchers. Both professional and amateur photographers submitted over 500 photographs for consideration, all taken within the state between January 1 and December 31, 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2734AV_B01_04
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Agriculture--Ohio; Farming; Wheat; Harvesting; Agricultural machinery;
Places: Circleville (Ohio); Pickaway County (Ohio); London (Ohio); Madison County (Ohio)