Sowing Wheat
Written on the back of this photographic postcard dated September 19, 1918, "Dear Brother, This is a card of our outfit and the way we are sowing wheat out here. We have got about 858 acres seeded." The gasoline-powered tractor strongly resembles types produced by the Aultman & Taylor Machinery Company, Mansfield, Ohio, after 1910. An Aultman & Taylor 30-60 had a tubular radiator similar to the one featured in this photograph. While earlier 30-60 tractors had square radiators, all Aultman & Taylor 30-60s had the full canopy shown here. The tractor is pulling a disk harrow, a device used for working the soil, and two drills, devices used for planting seeds.

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