Thursday, February 23, 2017

Sorghum Mill Nebraska 1938



Sorghum mill, Lancaster County, Nebraska. Photographer: John Vachon. October 1938. FSA - Library of Congress.

Loading the sorghum

Sorghum grew better than other crops in the drought years of the 1930s

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.