Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17

"Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology" by John T. Schlebecker is a work from the early 1970s that catalogs and examines the agricultural tools and machinery found in the National Museum of History and Technology, revealing the advancements in farming methods and their effects on American agriculture. The book emphasizes the connection between agriculture, technology, and human work, framing agriculture as the intentional control of living processes to make food and animals. While it acknowledges that museums can only show the tools, it also recognizes limits of museum items in fully depicting the agricultural story; the following catalog chronicles the agricultural items in the museum's collection, exploring how these tools have changed the landscape of farming through time.