Agriculture has always been a big part of the Sunflower State; from wheat to barley to (you guessed it) sunflowers, Kansas has it all! Farming has been a long standing tradition in Kansas, and these 16 stunning pictures of vintage Kansas farms show just that:

1. "Loading corn cut for fodder."
Yale/Russell Lee
Captured in 1939 in Sheridan County.
2. "Mr. Johnson and Mr. Wright, owners and cooperators in irrigation well on farm near Syracuse, Kansas. They are FSA (Farm Security Administration) clients."
Yale/Russell Lee
Captured in 1939 in Syracuse.
3. "Interior of farmer's union co-op elevator."
Yale/John Vachon
Captured in 1938 in Centralia.
4. "FSA (Farm Security Administration) client feeding sheep near Hoxie, Kansas."
Yale/Russell Lee
Captured in 1938.
5. "Big deal pending."
Yale/Arthur Rothstein
Captured in 1936 in Kansas City.
6. "Farmstead."
Yale/Russell Lee
Captured in 1939 in Gray County.
7. "Hired man of Sheridan County."
Yale/Russell Lee
Captured in 1939.
8. "Porch swing up for the winter."
Yale/John Vachon
Captured in 1940 in Mayetta.

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9. "Mr. Johnson, FSA (Farm Security Administration) client with part interest in cooperative well, irrigating. He just built himself a small dam of board and tumbleweed."
Yale/Russell Lee
Captured in 1939 in Syracuse.
10. "Erosion."
Yale/Arthur Rothstein
Captured in 1936 in Crawford County.
11. "Wives of farmer laborites."
Yale/Arthur Rothstein
Captured in 1936 in Columbus.
12. "Mr. and Mrs. Schoenfeldt pulling beets from their tile garden, Sheridan County, Kansas. Tile gardens are a part of the FSA (Farm Security Administration) program in the former dust bowl."
Yale/Russell Lee
Captured in 1939.
13. "A farmer's son playing on one of the large soil drifts which threaten to cover up his home."
Yale/Arthur Rothstein
Captured in 1936 in Liberal.
14. "Mr. Germeroth, Farm Security Administration client sitting on tractor which was bought by means of FSA loan."
Yale/Russell Lee
Captured in 1939 in Sheridan County.
15. "Farmstead and farmland near Almena."
Yale/Russell Lee
Captured in 1941.
16. "Mr. Germeroth, FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, at wheel of tractor which he bought with FSA loan."
Yale/Russell Lee
Captured in 1939 in Sheridan County.

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