Farmers

President Harry S. Truman (standing at podium) addresses the visitors at the National Plowing Match held near Dexter, Iowa. Also present is Margaret Truman (standing on stage, third from right). All others are unidentified.

This is an example of the classic plow of India. It scratches without actually turning the soil. The new-type plow being introduced all over India does a better job. The government of India and the Point Four Program cooperated in the community development program to help improve agriculture, health, and education in India.

A county agricultural agent near Puno, Peru shows farmers how to inoculate alpacas for the control of internal parasites as part of a program sponsored by the Point Four Program. All are unidentified.

Farm equipment in use on the Truman family farm in Grandview, Missouri. The figure riding the tractor is unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman and the former First Lady Bess Truman shakes hands with Orville Freeman, Secretary of Agriculture, and Averell Harriman, during a tribute to former President Truman. The former President was being acknowledged for being a farmer by the Farmers of America. The event was in the RLDS Auditorium in Independence, Missouri. An 80th birthday cake for Mr. Truman is in the background.

Unidentified farmers are threshing rice on the My Tho Road in Vietnam.

Image of unidentified farmers threshing rice on the My Tho Road in Vietnam.

Image of unidentified farmers threshing Rice on the My Tho Road, somewhere in Vietnam.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) is escorted to the front of the convention of the Future Farmers of America at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. Newsmen at right are filming the event. Mr. Truman will address the convention. See also photos 2004-174, 2004-215, and 93-200. From: Montgomery Photo Service.

Former President Harry S. Truman speaks at the Future Farmers of America Convention at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. He is almost full length, at podium. See also photos 2004-174, 2004-215, and 93-200.