Thursday, December 28, 2017

Raising Corn and Melons Colorado 1939



Ernest W. Kirk Jr., FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, with ear of corn which he raised on his farm near Ordway, Colorado. This is hybrid corn. Photographer: Russell Lee. September 1939. FSA - Library of Congress.


Mr. Ernest W. Kirk Jr., FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, with honeydew melons grown on his farm near Ordway, Colorado 1939.

Every Thursday a carefully selected old agricultural photo is featured here on Big Picture Agriculture — lest we forget how things used to be.