Keywords: Haskell County, Kansas. Though the people here are not able to do much in the way of self-sufficient . . . - NARA - 522164.jpg Scope and content Full caption reads as follows Haskell County Kansas Though the people here are not able to do much in the way of self-sufficient agriculture they try to make themselves as independent of outside skilled help as possible Nearly every farm has its shop and most farmers are able mechanics Since all their work is done with machines they must understand them as any worker must understand the tools of his trade This image shows a young farmer working at a lathe Expensive tools like this one are not common of course Forges however are found on virtually every farm There are always mechanical jobs that require special equipment so that this machine shop in Sublette has plenty of work to do In harvest time it has more than it can handle General notes 522164 Local identifier 83-G-41975 Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics Division of Economic Information ca 1922 - ca 1953 NARA-Author Rusinow Irving Photographer 5307166 <br /> Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 04/1941 Record group Record Group 83 Records of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics 1876 - 1959 Record group ARC 412 Photographic Prints Documenting Programs and Activities of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics and Predecessor Agencies compiled ca 1922 - ca 1947 documenting the period ca 1911 - ca 1947 Series ARC 521048 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWDNS-83-G-41975 Other versions <gallery> File Haskell_County _Kansas _Though_the_people_here_are_not_able_to_do_much_in_the_way_of_self-sufficient_ _ _ _-_NARA_-_522164 tif tif File Haskell_County _Kansas _Though_the_people_here_are_not_able_to_do_much_in_the_way_of_self-sufficient_ _ _ _-_NARA_-_522164 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Irving Rusinow Haskell County Kansas |