Gilbert, Arizona

After so many years of using horse-pulled equipment to run a farm, we began to use auto mation. By the 1920s, there were trucks on the road hauling huge loads of cotton, hay, wheat, watermelons, cantaloupes, and other produce.The modern-day tractor was becoming more common, allowing more work to be accomplished on farms. In the Gilbert Historical Museum are many pictures of early farm machinery, as well as some of the original equipment.

k Cranking car in front of farmhouse

k Farmhouse

k Loaded

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