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- International Harvester Manure Spreader, circa 1905 - Spreading manure to rejuvenate the soil is one of the most important, but least popular jobs on the farm. Mechanical manure spreaders made an awful job slightly less so. This circa 1905 International Harvester Manure Spreader No. 3 is a very rare survivor and an excellent example of the prevailing manure spreader design of the early 1900s.
- circa 1905
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International Harvester Manure Spreader, circa 1905
Spreading manure to rejuvenate the soil is one of the most important, but least popular jobs on the farm. Mechanical manure spreaders made an awful job slightly less so. This circa 1905 International Harvester Manure Spreader No. 3 is a very rare survivor and an excellent example of the prevailing manure spreader design of the early 1900s.
- Salesman's Album of Manure Spreaders and Seedling Transplanters from The New Idea Spreader Co., circa 1920 -
- circa 1920
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Salesman's Album of Manure Spreaders and Seedling Transplanters from The New Idea Spreader Co., circa 1920
- Ford Powermaster Tractor Towing a Large Manure Spreader, 1957 -
- 1957
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Ford Powermaster Tractor Towing a Large Manure Spreader, 1957
- "Questions and Answers about The Only Original Kemp Manure Spreader," circa 1900 -
- circa 1900
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"Questions and Answers about The Only Original Kemp Manure Spreader," circa 1900
- Ford Motor Company Model CL-30 Compact Loader Filling a Manure Spreader, 1974 -
- June 18, 1974
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Ford Motor Company Model CL-30 Compact Loader Filling a Manure Spreader, 1974
- Ford-Ferguson 9N Tractor Spreading Manure with New Idea Spreader, October 11, 1940 -
- October 11, 1940
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Ford-Ferguson 9N Tractor Spreading Manure with New Idea Spreader, October 11, 1940
- A Horse-Drawn Recycler: The Manure Spreader - One of the best ways to restore soil after growing crops is to spread manure. Manure spreaders, which became effective and affordable by the 1870s, made this dirty job not-so-dirty.
- October 12, 2022
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A Horse-Drawn Recycler: The Manure Spreader
One of the best ways to restore soil after growing crops is to spread manure. Manure spreaders, which became effective and affordable by the 1870s, made this dirty job not-so-dirty.
- Manure Fork, 1875-1890 - Farmers with stall-fed livestock had to move a lot of manure. They used short-handled forks like this that gave them added leverage as they scraped, lifted, and moved the valuable resource from the barn floor to a cart, wagon or manure spreader. Then they spread the organic mattered on fields to add nutrients that plants needed to grow and biomass that helped soil retain moisture.
- 1875-1890
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Manure Fork, 1875-1890
Farmers with stall-fed livestock had to move a lot of manure. They used short-handled forks like this that gave them added leverage as they scraped, lifted, and moved the valuable resource from the barn floor to a cart, wagon or manure spreader. Then they spread the organic mattered on fields to add nutrients that plants needed to grow and biomass that helped soil retain moisture.
- Manure Hook, circa 1870 - Farmers with stall-fed livestock had to move a lot of manure. They used short-handled forks like this that gave them added leverage as they scraped, lifted, and moved the valuable resource from the barn floor to a cart, wagon or manure spreader. Then they spread the organic mattered on fields to add nutrients that plants needed to grow and biomass that helped soil retain moisture.
- circa 1870
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Manure Hook, circa 1870
Farmers with stall-fed livestock had to move a lot of manure. They used short-handled forks like this that gave them added leverage as they scraped, lifted, and moved the valuable resource from the barn floor to a cart, wagon or manure spreader. Then they spread the organic mattered on fields to add nutrients that plants needed to grow and biomass that helped soil retain moisture.
- Manure Fork, 1875-1890 - Farmers with stall-fed livestock had to move a lot of manure. They used short-handled forks like this that gave them added leverage as they scraped, lifted, and moved the valuable resource from the barn floor to a cart, wagon or manure spreader. Then they spread the organic mattered on fields to add nutrients that plants needed to grow and biomass that helped soil retain moisture.
- 1875-1890
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Manure Fork, 1875-1890
Farmers with stall-fed livestock had to move a lot of manure. They used short-handled forks like this that gave them added leverage as they scraped, lifted, and moved the valuable resource from the barn floor to a cart, wagon or manure spreader. Then they spread the organic mattered on fields to add nutrients that plants needed to grow and biomass that helped soil retain moisture.