As European immigrants moved west across North America and into the area that would become Ohio, they brought with them European-style farming based primarily on European crops, animals, and plow agriculture. It should be noted that this land had been developed and farmed by indigenous farmers for more than a thousand years prior to the European invasion. The Ohio History Center in Columbus, Ohio has a display on the early European farming.
European farmers used moldboard plows like the one shown above. Iron was scarce in the early settlements and so only the tip of the plowshare was made from iron.
Shown above is a double plow from about 1860.
Shown above is a reproduction of a McCormick reaper, patented in 1833 and common by the 1850s.
Shown above is a Shaker broom-making machine.
Shown above is an 1840-1845 corn sheller.
Shown above is a hand-operated corn sheller.
Another view of the corn sheller
Another view of the corn sheller
More museum farming exhibits
Museums 101: An Outdoor Collection of Farm Equipment (Photo Diary)
Museums 101: The Farm House (Photo Diary)
Museums 101: Farming Equipment (Photo Diary)
Museums 101: Cultivation and Conservation (Photo Diary)
Museums 101: A Collection of Farm Equipment (Photo Diary)
Museums 101: Apple Capital of the World! (photo diary)
Museums 101: Farming and Fishing (Photo Diary)
Museums 101: The SAGE Center (Photo Diary)