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Plowing Contest


Title	Plowing Contest
Coverage / Year	1914
Description	This 1914 plowing contest featured tractors that competed as hundreds of spectators watched.
Interpretation	Competitions were one way that McLean County farmers celebrated their work. A plowing contest was not uncommon.
Lesson Plans / Themes	How we learn about communities; Communities and Geography; American Communities in History; Celebrations and Festivals
Learning Standards	15 Economics; 16 History; 18 Social systems
Author or Creator	McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.
Other Contributors	Walters, William D, Jr., 1942-
Source	'The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' by William D. Walters Jr.; ISBN 0-943788-15-3 (1997)
Subject / Keywords	McLean County, Illinois; Festivals; Plowing; Celebrations; Tractors
Collection Publisher	McLean County Museum of History
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Resource Identifier	IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 6:8, p. 81
CONTENTdm file name	2965923832002_mch0315.jpg