Title	Corn Shocks at Unidentified Home in Robertson County
Description	Unidentified home in Robertson County, Tennessee. In the foreground are several corn shocks and a cleared field.
Historical Note	By 1840 Tennessee was the leading corn-producing state in the Union, with 12 percent of the nation's total. Ten years later, the state grew enough corn to feed its three million hogs, the most in the nation. Corn continued to play a prominent role in post-Civil War agriculture, although prices did not recover to their pre-war level for several decades. In autumn, when the ears of corn were ripe, farmers cut the stalks of corn and stacked them in shocks in the field.
Date	undated
Place	Robertson County (Tenn.)
Collection	Library Photograph Collection
Subjects - LCSH	Agriculture
Subjects - TGM	Corn Corn shocks Farm life Harvesting Farms
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library and Archives
ID#	28375
Digital Type	Still Image
Digital Format	Image/jp2
Media Type	Photographs
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