Tipton, KS | 4x2188 - 8/30/2024 14:13
Good luck doing that now.
"Custom harvesters, owning their own combines, existed beginning in the 1920s, albeit on a small scale.[2] However, World War II caused a labor and materials shortage, and the custom harvesting industry experienced a great growth. In North America, the area from Texas to Saskatchewan was heavily traversed by custom harvesters. In 1942, there were approximately 500 such operators in this range, but by 1947 that number had grown to 8,000 in Kansas alone."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custom_harvesting |
LIFE Mag: Nov 10, 1947
