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Id #	5977
Title	Wheat harvesters on a hillside in Cannon County
Subjects - TGM	Wheat Harvesting Agricultural laborers Farm produce Harvesting machinery Agricultural machinery & implements Farms Farm life
Subjects - LCSH	Agriculture; Wheat - Harvesting
Description	Several wheat harvesters on a hillside. They are hand harvesting using cradles, tiers, and shockers to bind the wheat into shocks, so it can dry.
Place	Cannon County (Tenn.)
Date	1915
Collection	Looking Back at Tennessee Photograph Collection
Series	Cannon County
Historical Note	The individuals pictured are using hand tools such as cradles, tiers, and shockers to hand-bind this Cannon County wheat crop. These hand tools were employed by farmers in Tennessee prior to the advent of binder machines. In this case, the terrain may have ruled out the use of such machinery.
Negative #	CA046
Accession Number	1988-017
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library & Archives
Digital Type	IMAGE
Digital Format	TIFF
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