Fig. 14. (a) This farmer in 1930 was an early convert to bulk grain harvesting. Handling grain in bulk instead of sacks dramatically reduced manpower requirements and heavy labor. An early model 30-horsepower crawler pulls the gas-powered combine. Photo from Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, WA, L89-35. (b) Unloading bulk wheat at a grain elevator during the 1930s. The front of the truck was raised by a mechanical lift. Photo from Special Collections, Washington State Historical Society.