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This blog discusses the War Effort photograph.

• Throwback Thursday

Carriers like this one were used by farm women to transport their eggs to market and held 36 eggs for each layer.

• What's New Wednesday

Aug. 19 is National Potato Day. Celebrate by eating potatoes prepared your favorite way. Potatoes are a versatile vegetable. They are eaten at all three meals of the day and as snacks.

• Throwback Thursday

 In 1931, Fisher Price made and sold Pluto string puppets.

• What's New Wednesday

This postcard captures a successful day of fishing.

• Throwback Thursday

International feed grinders, ca. 1910-1920 were used on farms with a single-cylinder gasoline engine and a flat belt drive.

• What's New Wednesday

1923 was a bad year for anthrax outbreaks across South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã. Newspapers from across the state were filled with reports of the disease plaguing farmers and ranchers. These photographs were taken in 1923 by Arthur W. Tompkins, Hamlin County Agent. 

• Throwback Thursday

The origins of baseball can be traced to the combination of two English sports, rounders and cricket. Seventeenth and Eighteenth-century Americans took these two games and molded them into America’s National Pastime, baseball.

• What's New Wednesday

The Babcock test was developed to discourage farmer from scooping the cream off and watering down the butterfat content of milk.

• Throwback Thursday

Simplicity, McCall’s, Butterick, Advance pattern companies, and other sources offered patterns for 4-H outfits from 1927-1968. Throughout these years, fashion from the 4-H outfits has changed to suit the culture of that time period.

• What's New Wednesday