The Garland Landmark Society, Inc.
Agriculture
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Longhorn cattle were still frequent fixtures on the area farms during the decades around 1900, when livestock had given way to crops as the primary agricultural emphasis. This one was photographed on the G. W. James farm on Forest Lane at Garland Avenue.
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The Prairie Schooner was a sway-back covered wagon in which many pioneers traveled to the area that eventually became Garland. Some travelers rode, while others walked alongside. This image probably taken as they left Athens, TN., includes two sons from the R.D. Jones family with one of the wagons that brought them to Dallas County in 1856.
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Onions were grown extensively in this region during the 30's and 40's and consolidated in sheds awaiting shipment. Shown at left with a buyer about 1949 is G.L. Coon, a major local onion agent and grower. around the shed, located between 5th Street and the Santa Fe tracks at Avenue D, are seasonal workers, including migrants and local students. The one with strings through his belt loop is sewing the tops of the onion sacks to close them.
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Holstein cattle, such as those shown ca. 1915 grazing in the Garland area, produced milk for several small dairies operating around the community prior to WWII. The Dieterich Dairy was located off present-day Dairy Road.
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The tractor enabled landowners to consolidate their small plots with tenant farmers into larger operations that could be farmed with fewer hands at reduced costs. Pictured here ca.1906 is an early Buffalo Springfield steam tractor engine, which could power hay presses or a threshing machine. Developing 30 hp or less, it is probably shown on the Robinson farm north of Buckingham Road between Jupiter and Plano Roads.
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The Ferris Watson Seed Co., which established it's Garland operation in 1927, highlighted the transition from Garland's agricultural to it's industrial phase. Walter Watson, a son of the founder, is shown here in the 50's with employees processing cotton seed.
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The silo stores harvested grain for cattle feeding. Maude and Millard Flook stand proudly in 1915 before their farm's new silo, located north of present Forest Lane opposite today's Kraft Food plant. The unit was reportedly erected in 7 hours, 45 minutes.
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