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026. Enclosed Horse Drawn Sled from North Dakota

This enclosed sleigh is from North Dakota and is housed in the agricultural museum at Tyden Farm #6

056. Airplane Hangar on Tyden Farms

This is a photograph of Arvid Lindell, son of Art Lindell. Art was the manager of the Tyden farms and there was an airplane hangar on Tyden Farm #6.. Arvid was an aviation instructor in Des Moines.

057. Silos Next to Barns

This photograph shows Paul Hanlon pulling sweet clover and molasses silage down from the barn hayloft into a big wagon for cattle feed

053. Remodel Dairy Barn

Carl and Ruth Schwenneker are admiring the newly rebuilt dairy barn on Tyden farm #2 where they are tenants

055. Manure Loader Saves Labor

This photograph taken on Tyden farm #2, shows a manure loader on the front of a tractor dumping a pile into a spreader which is also drawn by a tractor. "Tootsie Sherman. who stays on this farm, is driving the spreader. Rex Townsley, living on Tyden…

052. Home Construction Follows Farm Profit

This photo shows a farmhouse being built on Tyden Farm no.4 in 1941. Tyden believed that the soil should be fertilized, modern machinery should be purchased, and buildings to house the farm animals should be built before a house because "a house…

012. Machine Shed

The machine shed on Tyden farm no. 6 was built in 1936.

014. Wooden Hen House built in 1940

The hen house is wood-framed and covered with horizontal drop siding. It is located on Tyden farm No. 6.

011. Hog House

The hog house on Tyden farm no. 6 is also framed with wood and is covered with horizontal drop siding.

019. Hay Rake

Hay rakes were used to pick up loose hay after baling. This antique hay rake is housed in the agricultural museum at Tyden farm no. 6

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