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Windmill in the Distance; Oskaloosa, Iowa, Circa 1930

Windmill in the Distance; Oskaloosa, Iowa, Circa 1930

This is an image of a windmill/windpump in the middle of a corn field in Oskaloosa, Iowa, circa 1930. The windpump was designed by Daniel Halladay in 1854 in order to transfer water from farm wells to cattle. At its high point, 600,000 windpumps…
Thus endeth the price-fixing experiment.

Thus endeth the price-fixing experiment.

The government economists and the livestock.

The government economists and the livestock.

St. George and the dragon.

St. George and the dragon.

Some of our most distinguished citizens are in town today.

Some of our most distinguished citizens are in town today.

Order out the regulars-- the halfbreeds are off the reservation.

Order out the regulars-- the halfbreeds are off the reservation.

Officer arrest that man---- which man?

Officer arrest that man---- which man?

Off into the stratosphere.

Off into the stratosphere.

Men and cattle, Siberia, 1944

Men and cattle, Siberia, 1944

In bottom picture, Henry Wallace inspects cow.
It`s going to be universal training for these, anyway.

It`s going to be universal training for these, anyway.

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