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: 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)