File:"Back to Our Roots" in Iowa (20170805-OSEC-LSC-1665).jpg

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This year’s annual Grain Harvest Festival features a steam tractor that drives a belt powered antique threshing machine.

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Description	English: This year’s annual Grain Harvest Festival features a steam tractor that drives a belt powered antique threshing machine. The 1910 75-horsepower Case “Montana Special” steam tractor, that was brought to the 1900 era village at the Iowa Living History Farms, Urbandale, IA, on Aug. 5, 2017. The owned by Nick Foster, says the tractor is known as a breaker, because it was used to initially breakup the Montana prairie soil. The special purpose 3-foot wide rear wheels were needed for when the Montana soil became soft. Operating the tractor are Clara Bergman and Connor Wilson who have been learning about antique farm steam engines and tractor operation from Foster. Today, the thresher is being used to separates oat seeds from the harvested plant. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Date	Taken on 5 August 2017, 15:36:37
Source	20170805-OSEC-LSC-1665
Author	USDAgov
Flickr sets InfoField	"Back to Our Roots" in Iowa; Secretary Perdue Back to Our Roots Tour
Flickr tags InfoField	listening; bus; rv; rural; usdepartmentofagriculture; tour; backtoourroots; livinghistoryfarms; departmentofagriculture; farmbill; tractor; prosperity

Camera location	41° 37′ 19.3″ N, 93° 47′ 01.5″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	41.622027; -93.783750

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by USDAgov at https://flickr.com/photos/41284017@N08/38199524982. It was reviewed on 26 February 2026 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

26 February 2026

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Date and time of data generation	15:36, 5 August 2017
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Latitude	41° 37′ 19.3″ N
Longitude	93° 47′ 1.5″ W
Altitude	288 meters above sea level
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Image title	This year’s annual Grain Harvest Festival features a steam tractor that drives a belt powered antique threshing machine. The 1910 75-horsepower Case “Montana Special” steam tractor, that was brought to the 1900 era village at the Iowa Living History Farms, Urbandale, IA, on Aug. 5, 2017.The owned by Nick Foster, says the tractor is known as a breaker, because it was used to initially breakup the Montana prairie soil. The special purpose 3-foot wide rear wheels were needed for when the Montana soil became soft. Operating the tractor are Clara Bergman and Connor Wilson who have been learning about antique farm steam engines and tractor operation from Foster. Today, the thresher is being used to separates oat seeds from the harvested plant. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
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Keywords	USDA "Department of Agriculture" "U.S. Department of Agriculture" Back to Our Roots bus RV Tour listening
Contact information	lance.cheung@oc.usda.gov www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, District of Columbia, 202150 USA
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