At age One it won't make a lick of difference. IMO, 4 or 5 years old is soon enough to worry about making a farm connection.

I'd worry more about reinforcing the significance of ag with the parents. That will rub off on the kid.

Anything to influence and make a positive association with Ag. The more positive type real world lessons/impressions can begin in about a year.

These are nice what youngster does not like to rock back and forth.

I bought one of these for my niece when she was about that age and she loved it. Helped make a positive influence too even though she has a farm background. 

 I did a Google search though and most links seem to be UK so I'm not sure if it's still available in the US or not.

It's a Little Tikes soft rocking cow.

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And a gutter cleaning kit to you too!! 

Boy that is the one job I sure like less and less every year.  Dirty and lots of climbing up and down on a ladder that can be really unstable (especially when you're boxed in an awkward position between the bushes on the front landscaping rocks).  No, I'm not the type to get up on the roof and walk around.  Afraid of heights and not graceful to boot.  Ugh.

I like Von's suggestion of the rocking cow.  That is just precious.

You need to get one of these gutter cleaning tools so you can stay on the ground.

http://www.smarthome.com/31262/Gutter-Cleaner-Wand-Rain-Gutter-Cleaning-Device-58582/p.aspx

However you will probably need your Morton Salt girl rain gear as they pretty much insure that the person on the ground gets wet too. The one that fits in my power washer pretty much gets everything wet including me.

Maybe look into some gutter guards too. Some have a fine mesh that water filters through. Others have a wrap around design that allows water to siphon in to the gutter but keeps the debris washed off.

PS  Did my email get through a couple days ago ? I had some ISP trouble getting it to send and sent it out twice.

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Those books are great ideas too ! 

That also made me remember there are some pretty good kids videos about farm stuff too.

Chris Fesko has a whole series of Videos here:

http://www.fesko.com/order.html

Another really good one is "Tractors Combines and Things on the Grow"

http://www.cottonsjourney.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=4&idproduct=52

A short video clip of it is here:

http://extension.usu.edu/aitc/teachers/movies/tractors_combines.html

Another one by the same folks is "Tractors Cotton Pickers and the stuff kids Wear". Both are very good at illustrating where food and clothing comes from in an informative way for young children. Even if they don't understand the words they will want to watch it again and again.

These were produced in 94 and 95 by just our size videos on VHS tape. Not sure if they are still being produced or are available on DVD or not. Only contact info. on the video sleeve is 1-800-808-FARM

Both of these are about 30 minutes long