There’s Something Special About These 14 Iowa Farms From The Past

Farming is deeply engrained in Iowa culture - some might say it's almost synonymous with our state. And while we're used to driving through the state and seeing the vast fields and landscapes scattered with farms, it's not very often that we get to see what all this would have looked like over 75 years ago. These 14 farms from Iowa's past will bring you back, and remind you of just how different things are today.

1. Two farmhands in Grundy County shell corn for storage.

2. These stacks of sugarcane were harvested by a farm in Emmett County in 1936.

3. This farmer from Estherville breaks the ice to water his mules on a cold winter morning.

4. This Farmall tractor sits on a farm near Estherville.

5. A farmer near Sampson built this straw barn for his chickens and livestock in 1936.

6. This flock of sheep huddle inside the fence at a farm near Armstrong.

7. This simple livestock shelter was used in 1936 by a farmer near Anthon.

8. A farmer in Jasper County spreads manure on his field.

9. A farmer loads manure into the spreader in Jasper County.

10. This farmer plows his field in Story County.

11. A group of farm workers bale hay in Clay County.

12. Two women on a farm near Dickens hand clean chickens before canning them.

13. This farmer in Granger digs potatoes with a tractor digger.

14. These homesteaders in Granger work outside on a late summer day.

These photos definitely put things in perspective of just how far we've come in such a short period of time.