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Fred Dice seated on John Deere tractor with buck rake on front. Haying season on the Schlutter Place, Brush Creek.
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Frank Schoonover sitting on potato digger with Joe Dice (7 or 8 years old) standing, facing the camera. The digger is pulled by a 4-head team during potato harvest on the Shryack Place, lower Brush Creek. Farm buildings in right background.
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An unidentified man is leveling field previously plowed, probably disced and/or harrowed. Level or "drag" on which he is standing carries a small amount of soil with it that is shaved off the high places, and then if leaks out underneath into the low places to create a uniform (or level) slope so that irrigation water flows uniformly. Is used only on irrigated ground. Judgement of operator had large influence on success. He is on the Dice Ranch,...
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Loading 100# sacks of potatoes onto wagon at the Shryack Place (also called the Mosher Place) on lower Brush Creek. From there, the sacks would be taken to "spud" cellars. Two horse team is pulling the wagon; farm buildings in left background.
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International Overshot Stacker throwing hay onto haystack. during haying, Beecher Gulch Place.
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Haying on the Beecher Gulch Place. Mr. Cain is driving the buck rake horse team in right foreground. Fred Dice is on the haystack, distributing the hay from the International Overshot Stacker. Tractor in background, possibly driven by Joe Dice.