
Sorghum mill, Lancaster County, Nebraska. Photographer: John Vachon. October 1938. FSA - Library of Congress.
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| Loading the sorghum |
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| Sorghum grew better than other crops in the drought years of the 1930s |
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| Work done by hand during the Great Depression at this rural rehabilitation center |
Every Thursday a carefully selected old agricultural photo is featured here on Big Picture Agriculture — lest we forget how things used to be.


