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Planting Corn In 1940's

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Planting Corn

This is a wonderful picture of farmers planting corn along the river in northeastern Tennessee in May of 1940. In the early 1900's, farmers did not have the machinery  that we have today. The farmers had to use mules and horses to plow their fields. They worked hard all day long.  

 

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