Description: This photograph is a part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. Pictured here is the farm of Lewis J. Taber near Barnesville, Ohio. By the 1920s, Taber had risen to prominence within the Patrons of Husbandry (more commonly known as the Grange), and served as Ohio's first Director of Agriculture from 1921-1923. From 1923 to 1941, he was a Master of the National Grange, and later served as Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Farmers and Traders Life Insurance Company in Syracuse, New York, from 1926 to 1958. Taber also played an active role in the Ohio Council of Churches, serving six terms as president, and in local government. Spanning 55 acres, Taber's farm focused primarily on intensive farming practices where he grew various crops and raised 40 head of livestock. Taber raised 30 cows and sold milk and ice cream. The Department of Agriculture notes that Taber had the best corn of any other farm in the area. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F05_002_1
Subjects: Farming; Farmhouses; Agriculture--Ohio; Rural Life; Barns;
Places: Belmont County (Ohio); Barnesville (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph is a part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This photograph shows a barn on the Taber farm near Barnesville, Ohio, owned by Lewis J. Taber. By the 1920s, Taber had risen to prominence within the Patrons of Husbandry (more commonly known as the Grange), and served as Ohio's first Director of Agriculture from 1921-1923. From 1923 to 1941, he was a Master of the National Grange, and later served as Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Farmers and Traders Life Insurance Company in Syracuse, New York, from 1926 to 1958. Taber also played an active role in the Ohio Council of Churches, serving six terms as president, and in local government. Spanning 55 acres, Taber's farm focused primarily on intensive farming practices where he grew various crops and raised 40 head of livestock. Taber raised 30 cows and sold milk and ice cream. The Department of Agriculture notes that Taber had the best corn of any other farm in the area. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F05_003_1
Subjects: Farming; Barns; Agriculture--Ohio; Rural Life;
Places: Belmont County (Ohio); Barnesville (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This photograph shows the Burlingame farm, owned by S.W. Burlingame near Caldwell, Ohio. Burlingame raised 50 sheep on his 115 acres, and took pride in his orchards where he grew prunes, peaches, apples, and locust trees. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F06_001_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Farming; Rural Life; Barns
Places: Caldwell (Ohio); Noble County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This photograph shows a barn on the Burlingame farm, owned by S.W. Burlingame near Caldwell, Ohio. Burlingame raised 50 sheep on his 115 acres, and took pride in his orchards where he grew prunes, peaches, apples, and locust trees. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F06_002_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Farming; Barns; Rural Life;
Places: Caldwell (Ohio); Noble County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This photograph shows a barn on the Burlingame farm, owned by S.W. Burlingame near Caldwell, Ohio. Burlingame raised 50 sheep on his 115 acres, and took pride in his orchards where he grew prunes, peaches, apples, and locust trees. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F06_003_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Farming; Barns; Rural Life;
Places: Caldwell (Ohio); Noble County (Ohio);
 

Description: Dated July 26, 1938, this photograph shows several farmhands threshing hay loaded onto three horse-drawn wagons, with two chickens in the foreground. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F08_010_001
Subjects: Farms; Agriculture; Barns; Rural life; Hay
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This photograph shows the Burlingame farm, owned by S.W. Burlingame near Caldwell, Ohio. Burlingame raised 50 sheep on his 115 acres, and took pride in his orchards where he grew prunes, peaches, apples, and locust trees. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F06_004_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Farming; Rural Life; Barns;
Places: Noble County (Ohio); Caldwell (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio, and shows men with horses by a barn on the 100-acre Kirk farm, owned by H.H. Kirk near Canfield, Ohio. Kirk had three acres of apple orchard and eight acres of wheat. He also grew rye, clover, oats, and Timothy-grass, and raised dairy cattle and 75 head of sheep. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F07_002_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Farming; Barns; Rural Life; Horses
Places: Canfield (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio, and shows the Kirk family farmhouse and various farm buildings, owned by H.H. Kirk near Canfield, Ohio. On his 100 acres, Kirk had three acres of apple orchard and eight acres of wheat. He also grew rye, clover, oats, and Timothy-grass, and raised dairy cattle and 75 head of sheep. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F07_005_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Farming; Rural Life; Farmhouses; Barns
Places: Canfield (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio);
 

Description: The Bicentennial barn-painting program was an inexpensive, grassroots marketing campaign that painted the official logo of the Ohio Bicentennial on a highly visible historic barn in each of Ohio's 88 counties. Over 2,000 farmers and landowners submitted their barn descriptions to the committee for consideration. Beginning in 1998, artist Scott Hagan spent five years painting the logos, tailored to every barn's unique character. Typically, the barn owners hosted a celebration at the completion of their barn painting. This photograph is an exterior view of Barn #55, located on Route 65 just south of the Route 12 intersection in Putnam County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08527
Subjects: Centennial celebrations; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Barns; Ohio Bicentennial, 2003
Places: Putnam County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio, and shows the barn on the Kirk farm, owned by H.H. Kirk near Canfield, Ohio. On his 100 acres, Kirk had three acres of apple orchard and eight acres of wheat. He also grew rye, clover, oats, and Timothy-grass, and raised dairy cattle and 75 head of sheep. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F07_006_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Farming; Barns; Rural Life
Places: Canfield (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This photograph shows two men accompanying a horse-drawn cart on the Allen farm, owned by F.L. Allen near Kinsman, Ohio. On his 250 acres, Allen grew potatoes, apples, and peaches. He also owned a ditching machine and had 22 miles of ditching on his farm. Later, Allen became state director of Ohio Farmers' Institutes under the State Board of Agriculture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F08_001_1
Subjects: Farming; Agriculture--Ohio; Rural Life; Barns; Horse-drawn vehicles
Places: Trumbull County (Ohio); Kinsman (Ohio);