Planting Seeds and Oiling the Hogs, wayside exhibits

Innovations in planting and livestock health.

NPS/Robert Hartwig

Quick Facts

Location:

Homestead National Historical Park

Designation:

wayside exhibit

Amenities

2 listed

Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Information

Located just outside Homestead National Historical Park's Education Center, historic farm equipment (such as the above seed planting and hog oiling machines) and related informational panels provide visitors insight into homesteaders' dynamically evolving technologies aimed at untethering farm work from its reliance on human labor.