The Wesemann Family has a long-history in the Bennington Community. The old Wesemann farm house is being remodeled and builders found 4 old copies of the Wallace Farmer Journal; they were all dated 1913. And its amazing, they are still in business today! They are centered out of Des Moines, Iowa.
Mike Wesemann dropped a copy off for the Historical Society. The copy is in remarkable good shape, being hidden in a wall for more than 100 years! It is amazing how some things haven't changed (types of crops) and what things have (equipment and farming practices).
Here is a farmer spraying potatoes behind a team of horses. Wonder how many acres he sprayed back then in a day compared to what a farmer with modern equipment can do today?
Gasoline engines were huge, heavy and had very little power. Our small lawn mowers have more power than many of these beasts. But they were necessary to power equipment.
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