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Farming in Arkansas

 

Agriculture is an integral part of Arkansas’s culture, economy, and heritage. Early settlers harvested from the land's abundant timber and raised livestock. Settlers to the eastern half of the state contended with vast swamp and marshland, but through widespread efforts, swamps were drained and turned into fertile farmland. This gallery offers illustrates some of the toils and produce of Arkansas farming. Today, Arkansas remains an important supplier of rice, cotton, corn, beef, chicken, and dairy products.

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  • Brochure, "Dortch's Southern Hybrid Seed Corn"

    Brochure, "Dortch's Southern Hybrid Seed Corn"

    This is an advertising brochure for Dortch's Southern Hybrid Seed Corn produced by Robert L. Dortch in Scott.

  • Brochure, "Roldo Rowden Cotton Seed"

    Brochure, "Roldo Rowden Cotton Seed"

    This is an advertising brochure for Roldo Rowden cotton seed bred by Robert L. Dortch of Scott.

  • City Market Stockyard in Mammoth Spring

    City Market Stockyard in Mammoth Spring

    This is a photograph of Ben F. Elder seated in a mule cart with an unknown man standing beside him. They are in front of the stockyard. Elder established the City Market Stockyard in Mammoth Spring. Photograph caption says, "Tell the Truth."

  • Corn harvest

    Corn harvest

    Images of corn crop harvesting.

  • Cotton at sunset

    Cotton at sunset

    Full cotton bolls at sunset in Arkansas.

  • Cotton gin

    Cotton gin

    Black and white photograph of three unidentified men standing in a cotton gin with bales of cotton. This gin was opened by John Michaels in the early 1920s and operated successfully until it burned in 1941.

  • Crop dusting

    Crop dusting

    Images of a crop duster flying over a field.

  • Cultivator in snow

    Cultivator in snow

    Photograph of a horse-drawn cultivator resting in a snowy field with corn shocks behind it.

  • Egg production

    Egg production

    Eggs ready for packing and shipping.

  • Farmer preparing fields

    Farmer preparing fields

    Photograph of a farmer on his tractor working a field in autumn.

  • Farming industrial plant

    Farming industrial plant

    Rice harvesting with working industrial plant in the background.

  • Field burning

    Field burning

    Burning a harvested field to clear the way for the next planting season.

  • Franz turkey farm

    Franz turkey farm

    This is a black and white photograph of two Franz turkey farm employees standing in a flock of turkeys.

  • Goats by the hay rake

    Goats by the hay rake

    Photographs of goats in a pasture with a hay rake.

  • Grandpa's cultivator

    Grandpa's cultivator

    Photograph of a cultivator hooked to an older model tractor.

  • Hay harvest

    Hay harvest

    Images of harvesting hay and hay bales.

  • Jane Justus Richardson feeding the hogs

    Jane Justus Richardson feeding the hogs

    Black and white photograph of Jane Justus Richardson feeding hogs in a barnyard.

  • Jennings Wood and wheelbarrow

    Jennings Wood and wheelbarrow

    Photograph of an old wheelbarrow sitting in front of a large stack of firewood.

  • Mammoth Spring Milling Company

    Mammoth Spring Milling Company

    This is a photograph of the Mammoth Spring Milling Company's main building. Unidentified employees stand by railroad boxcars which would be loaded with processed grains.

  • Mammoth Spring Milling Company advertisement

    Mammoth Spring Milling Company advertisement

    This is is an advertisement for the Mammoth Spring Milling Company. The milling company has labels on all of the buildings as well as peak load numbers in order to entice farmers to bring their crops for processing.

  • Newspaper clipping, freighting cotton in the early days

    Newspaper clipping, freighting cotton in the early days

    As part of a special interest column, the Mammoth Spring Democrat often ran old photos. This article depicts horse and mule drawn wagons hauling five cotton bales each from a farm in Camp, Arkansas to a cotton gin in Mammoth Spring for processing.

  • Oxen hauling logs

    Oxen hauling logs

    This is a black and white photograph of a team of oxen hauling timber into town across railroad tracks.

  • Peach harvest

    Peach harvest

    Images of peach tree harvesting.

  • Planting season

    Planting season

    Seeds ready for planting.

  • Postcard, two men in cow-drawn wagon

    Postcard, two men in cow-drawn wagon

    A picture postcard with two unidentified men in a cow-drawn cart on one side and a message to T.H. Raney on the back.

 
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