Part I - Agriculture, a supplement to the Big Rapids Pioneer Newspaper. Used with permission.



EARLY FARM HOMESTEADS
Homesteads of days gone by include the John Meyer farm near Evart (top left) and scenes from the Lincoln abd Anna Ford farm near 19 Mile and 205th Avenue in Green Township. The Fords puchased the farm in 1919. The pictures include a group shot of some of the Ford family. Ann plowing with horses Queen and Dan, and a litter of pigs feeding just outside the farm home. (Pioneer file photos)

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