Growing Up on An Iowa Farm, 1897-1915

Annals of Iowa ^ | Winter 1974 | Clifford Merrill Drury

[SamAdams76]

Those who lived on Iowa farms at the beginning of this century, and look back over seventy or more years, appreciate the tremendous changes which have taken place in farm life. Although many others have written about the years of transition, when we passed from the horse and buggy days to the machine age, it is hoped that this memoir will make a contribution toward preserving a picture of what life was ¡ike on an Iowa farm during the turn of the century. '

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The Des Moines metro was divided into five or six motoring areas. The Iowa National Guard manned nearly every corner for security. Without a “Pope sticker” on your windshield, travel was restricted (you couldn’t drive to Windsor H from Urbandale, for example.)
Tens of thousands of people parked and walked for hours to get to the event.

[HereInTheHeartland]

Wow!

[Harold Shea]

The Kinze factory with the 12? row planter 100` in
the air is a great stop.Best planter made. We loved
going through Iowa seeing the large scale farms ya`ll have.

Great race track in Knoxville too.

[TigersEye]

LOL

It was probably impolite of me to mention just how many.

[IncPen]

pi_ng