Farms

Unidentified structures in a cultivated field at the International Rice Research Institute at Los Banos, Philippines

Cultivated fields with a mountain in the background at the International Rice Research Institute at Los Banos, Philippines

Large structure with cultivated fields in the foreground and a mountain in the background at the International Rice Research Institute at Los Banos, Philippines.

The National Judging Committee for the Veterans of Foreign Wars "Big Search" to find the veteran to be awarded the free farm in the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project area of Washington State. From the left to right: Roger Fleming, National Legislative Director, American Farm Bureau; M. L. Wilson, National Director of Extension Work, Department of Agriculture; Herschel D. Newsom, Master of National Grange; Dr. William T. Spanton, Chief of Agricultural Education Service, Federal Security Agency; Dillard Lasseter, Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration, Department of Agriculture.

Dillard Lasseter, Administrator of the Farmer's Home Administration (standing behind podium), is speaking at the ceremonies celebrating the first insured farm mortgage loan closing in Americus, Georgia. All others are unidentified.

An young male farmer is sitting on the back of a two-horse-drawn plow, with a young child standing up near the horses. This photograph was taken to be used for publicity pamphlets for the Farmer's Home Administration. The people in the photograph are unidentified.

This photograph shows a farm family sitting at a table, eating a meal. The people in the photograph are unidentified.

Farmer's Home Administration leader Dillard Lasseter congratulating Robert A. Hale and his family at the ceremony closing first insured farm mortgage loan in Americus, Georgia. From left to right: Robert A. Hale, Robert Hale, Junior, Mrs. Hale, Dillard Lasseter, and June Hale.

President Harry S. Truman(third from right) at the National Plowing Match in Dexter, Iowa. He is with (from left to right) defending champions Gene Ferguson, Oskaloosa, Iowa; Leo Drake, Memphis, Missouri; Ronald Orr, Beatrice, Nebraska; Elston Danielson, Ellsworth, Iowa; and plowing match director Herb Plambeck.

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.