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A man standing on a wagon hefts a full potato sack over his head. A man standing in front of the wagon has a full potato sack over his shoulder. The horse team is waiting patiently during potato harvest on the Sherman Brothers Ranch. "Farm workers in a celebratory mood hoist 100-pound sacks of spuds into a wagon at the Sherman ranch east of Eagle. The next step in the process was for farmers to haul their potatoes to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad...
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Stacking hay on the Chester Mayer Ranch (Eagle, Colorado), not the Eagle Ranch subdivision on Brush Creek. The hay was lifted to the top of the stack by a "Mormon Derrick," a weight and pulley arrangement using a crane. The derrick is in the center of the photo with horse teams and rakes "pushing" hay to the loading area. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Mowing alfalfa using horse teams on the Mayer Ranch at the south end of the town of Eagle. (This ranch property is developed and is called the "Bull Pasture.") There are three teams, each pulling a cutter on which sits a team driver. The first team is driven by Ralph Robertson, Allan Hibbs is next driving the mules, and Frank Hulett is on the back team [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A potato sorter (pulled by horse) shakes potatoes of similar sizes into sacks during the potato harvest on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
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George Ziegler (l), horses Nell and Trilby, and a ranch hand in Eagle, 1914. George is holding a hat over Nell's head; Trilby is wearing a hat. The horses are yoked as a team.
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Disk harvester pulled by a team of horses is harvesting potatoes on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
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An unidentified man is leveling field previously plowed, probably disced and/or harrowed. Level or "drag" on which he is standing carries a small amount of soil with it that is shaved off the high places, and then if leaks out underneath into the low places to create a uniform (or level) slope so that irrigation water flows uniformly. Is used only on irrigated ground. Judgement of operator had large influence on success. He is on the Dice Ranch,...
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Two men with pitchforks, loading a hay wagon drawn by a horse team on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
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Full sacks of potatoes, lined up on wagon, ready for storage or shipping. A man rests on a sack for the photo, taken on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
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Horse teams turning furrows while harvesters fill sacks with potatoes on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
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July 25, 1914, first cutting of hay on the Sherman Brothers Ranch. Yield: 92 ton 800 # from 17 acres. Men are moving hay with pitchforks from wagons. Hay stack in background.
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Guy Barnes hauling hay with a team of horses and wagon. "Guy Barnes was hired as a herdsman by a man named Andrew Christiansen. Mr. Christiansen raised Hereford cattle and needed someone to help with caring for the cattle. Mr. Barnes cared for the cattle on Mr. Christiansen's land in town during the Winter but during the late Spring, Summer and early Fall, Barne's job took him to Mr. Christiansen's cattle on pasture eleven miles North of town."...