To Till a Field: Man and Machine in the Palouse

This 1987 film uses still photos and film to document the evolution of farming techniques in Washington state's Palouse region. It was written and produced by Washington State University's Keith Williams and narrated by Burt Harrison.
The film is held at WSU's Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC), in accession UA85-54.

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Great video. Watching from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@CarlosGonzalez-vu1ew]

I know this is old, but I could listen to the narrator all day.

[@lynnehuff9659]

Thank you for posting. The horsemanship of these people fascinate me, and I admire it very much.

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Oh I love this video

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Watching from New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@akarpowicz]

That modern 1987 equipment is so vintage compared to the 2020 harvesters. Amazing stuff. thanks

[@Cole-xq2tl]

This was a great little vintage documentary. It was really interesting to see all of the old and "modern" equipment that people used to use.

[@teecuzbruh4058]

That Palouse is a fascinatingly unique area

[@bradyboy1952]

Saw early power harvesting and horse/mule powered harvesting at the Vintage Harvest, near Davenport and the Palouse Empire Threshing Bee, just west of Colfax. Great shows. BK

[@waynek921]

That was fantastic to see how much we changed in the past 80years..wow

[@terrywhite4512]

Brilliant to see the horse draw machinery’s. you can’t image it! Also how early these machines had been invented. A real eye opener.

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[@gussyt1761]

You look at this and think how far ahead the USA was in front of Australia with Farming technology at the time

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Correction: 1987 *video*, not film.

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Grbelsy