A collection of horse-drawn agricultural machinery, Greeley County, Kansas.
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
Two horses and a collection of horse-drawn agricultural machinery sit in a wooded area of Greeley County, Kansas. Machinery viewed includes a McCormick planter, a dump rake, a mower, and a plow.

Avery Manufacturing Company catalog
Creator: Avery Manufacturing Company
Date: 1906
This catalog was published by Avery Manufacturing Company advertising their engines, threshers, self feeders, pneumatic straw stackers, water tanks, and farm machinery. All of the pages of the catalog have illustrations and text about the equipment being advertised. There is an index on page 64 and the front and back covers are in color. The company was located in Peoria, Illinois, but it is assumed the catalog was distributed to Kansas farmers.

Ed and Alfred Schwanke
Date: Between 1935 and 1940
Two photographs of Ed and Alfred Schwanke of Wabaunsee County, Kansas. In the first photograph, the pair are seen planting a field as one man sits on a planter being pulled by a Caterpillar D2 crawler tractor. In the second photograph, the pair is harvesting kafir as one man rides a steel-wheeled cutter being pulled by a Caterpillar D2 crawler tractor.

Horse drawn planters in Sedgwick County, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1915
This is a postcard view showing horse drawn planters in Sedgwick County, Kansas.

Planting a crop in Seward County, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This photograph shows two farmers planting a crop with mule drawn equipment in Seward County, Kansas.

Planting corn in Sheridan County, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1935
This photograph shows corn planting possibly in the 1930's in Sheridan County, Kansas. The tractor is a Wallace with steel wheels.

Planting crops, Morton County, Kansas
Date: Between 1940 and 1945
This photograph shows two seed drills being pulled by a tractor, Morton County, Kansas.

Planting equipment on Elmer Nicholson's farm near Jennings, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1915
This is a photograph of Elmer Nicholson with his daughters Elma and Velda posed by a tractor and planter near Jennings, Kansas.

Planting soy beans in the Kansas River valley, Shawnee County, Kansas
Creator: Kelsey, Francis
Date: May 08, 2012
Here are two video clips showing Francis Kelsey using precision technology, GPS auto steer, and real time mapping to plant soy beans in the Kansas River valley, Shawnee County, Kansas. Auto steer, which uses GPS, allows the tractor to drive itself in the field, and farmers only need to assist it at the end of rows. Using the GPS technology, it makes sure fertilizers and herbicides are applied only where needed and in the correct amount and rows are evenly spaced. It also helps prevent overlapping or missing areas during planting. Both aspects help farmers save seed and chemical usage resulting in cost control.

Plowing and planting a field, Morton County, Kansas
Date: Between 1940 and 1945
A farmer loads seed into a planter, Morton County, Kansas.

Press drill
Date: 1901
A photograph showing one of the first press drills used by farmers to plant seeds. It was made at a factory in Clay Center, Nebraska.