File:Plowing the Field in Japan (1914 by Elstner Hilton).jpg

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Until I saw this photo, it had never occurred to me that there could be such a thing as a foot-operated plow.

Despite the farmer's winning smile, I imagine this form of plowing must have been difficult and tiring.

I wonder whether this plow was used to supplement work done by oxen pulling plows, or whether it was limited to farmers who were too poor to afford an ox to plow their fields.

This photo is from an album Elstner Hilton compiled in Japan between 1914 and 1918. Elstner was my spouse's uncle.

While Uncle Elstner sometimes annotated photos that required an explanation, he never dated the pictures. So all we know is they were taken between January, 1914 and December, 1918.

The plow in this photo looks like it hasn't seen much use.
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Author A.Davey from Portland, Oregon, EE UU
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  • Japan 1914 - 1918
    I own the originals of these unpublished family photos. ... As a salesman for Atkins Saw Company, Elstner Hilton traveled to the Far East to sell commercial sawmills in the early years of the 20th century. ... Elstner Hilton was my father-in-law Frank Hilton's* brother, which makes him my spouse's uncle. ...
    * Elstner Hilton's brother Frank Hilton compiled a scrapbook of photographs, clippings and other ephemera at Stanford University between 1907 and 1911. ...
    ps: I now have reason to believe that the photos of Japan may be stock photos that Uncle Elstner purchased and pasted into his album. There may be some exceptions: the images of his sister, Miriam, and photos of logging operations in the Phillippines.

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