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Postcard: #59 Drilling In Wheat By Steam, H. D. M., Ethel Rippetoe

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features a steam tractor pulling machinery used to plant wheat. A man stands at the wheel of the tractor. Another man stands in the background to the right with a wagon and two horses. Written text is at the bottom of the card. Handwriting is on the back of the card. (Note indicates the photo was taken by Liberal, Kansas photographer Hal Reid.)

Postcard: #45 A Well Matched Team

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features four girls sitting on the bench of a wagon. A man with a mustache and beard stands in front of the cart next to a mule. He holds the yoke that pulls the wagon. A building a prairie land are in the background. Written text is at the bottom of the card. (Note indicates the photo was taken by Liberal, Kansas photographer Hal Reid.)

Postcard: #37 Tearing Up The Earth

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features two men in a machine with a steam engine. This wooden tractor pulls disks behind it to plow a field. A seed drill is attached with a chain behind the disks. Written text is towards the bottom of the card. Written text is on the back of the card. (Note indicates the photo was taken by Liberal, Kansas photographer Hal Reid.)

Postcard: Wheat Harvesting Outfit Of Louis Bertrand, Oakley, Kansas

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features a wheat harvesting outfit that cuts crops for farmers. The bottom half of the card is completely white with printed text in the middle of the card. Above the text is a photo of combines lined up in a row cutting wheat. A man stands at the top of each combine. The line of combines starts in the foreground and goes to the background.

Postcard: Man With A Tractor

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features a close up view of a steam engine tractor. A man stands next to the tractor with his arm on the wheel. An oil can is in his other hand. A building is in the background on the left and prairie land is in the foreground.

Postcard: Two Men With A Tractor And Farm Equipment

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features a tractor to the left with a plow attached to the back. One man is on the tractor and one man stands beside the tractor. Their backs are to the camera. The right side depicts the prairie land. The right side of the image has over exposure and created a white vertical stripe.

Postcard: Three Men With Threshing Equipment

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features a close up view of a thresher in action. Two men are in the foreground holding pitchforks. Piles of grain are moving up a track to the top of the thresher. A man stands at the top of the thresher with his arms crossed. Stacks of the cut crop are in the foreground.

Postcard: Nichols And Shepard Co's First Demonstration At Argonia, Kansas

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features a line of mechanical items on display on a road. An automobile holding two men is at the far left. A man stands next to the vehicle in a suit and hat. A tractor and thresher are the central display. One man stands on the tractor and one man crouches on the thresher. Three men stand in front of the tractor and two men stand in front of the thresher. Behind the tractor is an empty automobile. A man on a motorcycle is in front of the thresher. The far right depicts an …

Postcard: Economy Traction Built By Grover Whitson, Hackney, Kansas

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features a tractor called the "Economy Traction" that was built by Grover Whitson in Hackney, Kansas. Three men stand on the back end of the tractor. A man and boy stand to the front of the tractor. There is written text at the bottom of the card. There is handwriting on the back of the card.

Postcard: A. Pfeifer D. Sipes

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard depicts a building that collapsed with a tractor inside of it. A limestone wall is on the left of the collapse. There are boards of wood and most of the structure is still intact to the right of the wall. A tractor is inside the structure and is tilted sideways. Three men stand in front of the tractor with their hands on their hips. Wagon parts lay on top of the wall and hangs into the fallen structure. A man sits on the wall with his elbows on his knees. Behind the sitting man …

Postcard: Plowing - Monument, Kansas

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features machinery used for planting crops. A tractor sits facing right with several rows of discs attached to the back. A man sits in the tractor and has a suit and hat on. A barn and several buildings and houses are in the background. There is printed text at the bottom of the card.

Postcard: Broom Corn Corner, Liberal Kansas

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features a delivery of broomcorn from the fields into town. There are nine carriage buggies in the foreground filled with bales of broomcorn. Stacks of broomcorn bales are behind the buggies. The town of Liberal is in the background. Two buildings have signs stating, "Pennel and Dunlap Real Estate" and "Commercial Hotel". There is written text at the bottom of the card. There is handwriting on the back of the card.

Postcard: Plowing, Harrowing, And Planting, All At One Time On Sod Liberal, Kansas

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features a planting process using farming machines and tools. A tractor is in the center pulling discs. Behind the discs is a seed planter. A man on the left is adjusting a disc. Two men stand behind the tractor and one man sits on the tractor. A horse and wagon are in the background. There is a sign propped up on the planter.

Postcard: People Pose With A Steam Plow In A Field

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features a farming crew and family plowing a field. A tractor on the right depicts the plow attached to the back. A woman and man stand on the plow. Two men stand in the tractor. The left side depicts a plow that is not attached. A wagon with two horses stand behind the detached plow and a man stands on the plow. Two young men are in the wagon. There is handwriting on the back of the card.

Postcard: Group Photo Of Threshing Machinery, Men And Horses

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features a farming crew for harvest. A thresher has ten people sitting on top and six people sitting in front. The man sitting at the far right has an X drawn next to him. A tractor is to the right of the thresher and has one man sitting on it and two men standing in front. An X is written under the two men in front. A wagon with two horses sits to the right of the tractor. Cut crops are in the foreground. There is writing on the back of the card.

Postcard: 5554 Threshing Scene, Healy, Kansas

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features farmland during the harvest. A wagon with two horses and a man sitting is in the center. Behind the wagon is a tractor and equipment. The right side depicts the thresher and grain on both sides. Two men are on each pile using pitchforks to load grain onto the thresher. A man stands in the background on the thresher. There is printed text at the bottom of the card. There is handwriting on the back of the card.

Postcard: J.A. Rotroff Threshing Geneseo Kansas

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features farmland during the harvest. A tractor is on the left with two men standing next to it. There is a thresher to the right and men are using pitchforks to throw grain into the thresher. The right side of the machine contains the pile of grain that is coming out of the machine. A man stands on top of the grain pile with a pitchfork and one man stands on top of the thresher. A horse and wagon are on the right side of the thresher with one man in the wagon. There …

Postcard: Harvesting Wheat Near Atwood, Kansas

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features farmland during the harvest. A header on the left is being pushed by horses. The barges are pulled by horses in the center and on the right. There are three teams of horse with men side by side in the field. There is written text on the bottom of the card.

Postcard: Haying For Bert Hotchkiss, Near Atwood, Kansas

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features farmland during the harvest. A tilting board completes a seesaw motion and lifts piles of hay onto a large mound of hay. Two men stand on the mound with pitchforks. Men and horses stand in front of the hay. A car is on the right side of the hay. A house is in the background. Handwritten text is at the bottom of the card.

Postcard: J.W. Lough's Hog And Alfalfa Farm, Scott County, Kansas

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features a stock yard with hogs. Five rows of fencing separate the hogs into different teams. The background consists of harvested alfalfa into stacks. There is written text at the bottom of the card.

Postcard: Sheridan County, Kansas. Barley

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features a crop of barley in front of a farmhouse. There are buildings, trees and a windmill in the background. A young man is in the middle of the field and only his shoulders and head are visible. He is wearing a hat. There is printed text in the middle of the card.

Postcard: J.W. Lough's Irrigation Well, Scott County, Kansas

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features an irrigation system for Lough's farmland. A machine with a belt turns and pulls the water up and out through a pipe into a trough. A man stands next to the belt and is wearing a hat, shirt and trousers. A woman wearing a dress stands to the right of the belt. There is a man in a hat and overalls in the background. An automobile is in the background. There is written text at the bottom of the card.

Postcard: The Mark Turkey Ranch, Scott County, Kansas

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This black and white photographic postcard features the Mark Turkey Ranch in Scott County, Kansas. Turkeys fill the foreground in front of a farmhouse with a windmill. Trees are planted around the house and a wire fence surrounds the trees. A man stands in front of the fence with his hands behind his back. He is wearing a hat, a shirt with a bow tie and pants. There is written text at the bottom of the card.

Postcard: Agriculture, Advertisement For Arbuckle's Ariosa Coffee

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This printed color postcard depicts a farmer using a steam combine to plant a crop. The right of the combine features an illustration of green corn on a blue background. The bottom right features a map of Kansas and includes town names and the rivers. The state is colored red with the surrounding states in different colors. The backside of the card is an advertisement for coffee. Ariosa Coffee has created a series of cards available for trading. This particular card is No. 15.

Averting The Looming Food Crisis: A Clarion Call To Immediate And Near-Term Policy Action, Adeleye O. Oyebade Mni

Economic and Financial Review

Food is defined by Britannica, a web-based encyclopaedia, as any substance consisting of protein, carbohydrate, fat, and other nutrients used in the body of an organism to sustain growth and vital processes, and to furnish energy.8 In a similar definition, Wikipedia described food as any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for an organism; adding that food is usually of plant, animal or fungal origin, and contains essential nutrients. The above definitions explain why food is viewed as an essential need of life. However, the production of food has been declining in recent times for some reasons, including the adverse …

Averting The Looming Food Crisis: A Clarion Call To Immediate And Near-Term Policy Action, Kabir Ibrahim Mnia, Fnim, Acc

Economic and Financial Review

This paper seeks to advise on how to tackle the skyrocketing prices of food being experienced today all over the nation and to get the Government to take urgent and proactive actions to avert the pain being experienced by the entire Nigerian people.

Averting The Looming Food Crisis: A Clarion Call To Immediate And Near-Term Policy Action, Gabriel S. Umoh

Economic and Financial Review

This paper reviews food crisis and its causes in Nigeria. It takes the position that food crisis has been simmering in Nigeria for the past couple of years and identifies policy instability, poor policy implementation and declining household purchasing power, among others as the major causes of food crisis. It recommends strong policy support and implementation, automatic indexation of wages and pensions and other measures to curb food crisis in the country.

Averting The Looming Food Crisis: A Clarion Call To Immediate And Near-Term Policy Action, Alwan A. Hassan

Economic and Financial Review

Nigeria suffers from food insecurity and poverty. It is estimated that the number of hungry people in Nigeria is over 53 million, which is about 25.0 per cent of the country’s total population of about 212 million. Also, about 43.0 per cent of Nigerians live below the poverty line. These statistics are worrisome, given that Nigeria, in the 1950s and 1960s, was not only self-sufficient in food production, but was also a net exporter of food to other regions of the continent (Ajayeoba, 2010). A nation is food secure when food is available and accessible in sufficient quantity and quality …

Averting The Looming Food Crisis: A Clarion Call To Immediate And Near-Term Policy Action, Emmanuel A. Onwioduokit

Economic and Financial Review

Discussions on food security have gained traction in the recent past, especially in Africa and other developing economies. Several horrifying images of famished families, particularly around “The Horn of Africa” including Somalia, Ethiopia, and some parts of Kenya, projected globally in both the print and electronic media vividly illustrate the perils of food crises. In Nigeria, food constitute a substantial share of family budgets, particularly for low-income households. When prices of essential foods items increase poorer people suffer the adverse impacts more disproportionately. While clothing and shelter are basic necessities of life, food remains the most vital, given its centrality …

How To Effectively Reach Farmers And Assist Them In Reaching Their Precision Management Goals, Courtney Nelson

Honors Theses

Precision and digital agriculture have been popular buzz words floating around the last several years. These broad terms cover a plethora of topics including GPS ear tags for livestock, soil moisture probes, and aerial imagery. With such a wide number of technological advances at their fingertips, it can be overwhelming for farmers to know where to start.

A study conducted by Purdue University in 2019 took a deeper look at data and software usage across 800 farms larger than 1000 acres (DeLay et al, 2020). Their research revealed that over half of farmers who don’t use farm data or software …