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Hemp on Vacant Lots

Date: 08 02 1917
Description: Superintendant Haney of International Harvester Company (left), Senator Beebe, Professor Holden, and J.W. Parmley stand in a hemp field sown on May 19, 191...
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Cotton Picking Machine

Date: 05 17 1916
Description: Men gathered outdoors around a cotton picking machine exhibited at the National Implement and Vehicle Association Meeting.
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Cutting Down a Manila Plant

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Description: A Phillippine Islands boy is using a sharp tool to cut down a manila plant, while another young boy is supporting it.
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Sisal Leaves

Date: 01 22 1910
Description: Several workers standing in a field in Yucatan, Mexico, cutting sisal leaves. The sisal was used by International Harvester to make binder twine.
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IHC Library

Date: 04 1925
Description: Men and women are using the resources at the IHC Agricultural Extension Department Library, located at 616 S. Michigan Avenue.
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Agricultural Extension Map

Date: 1917
Description: United States map showing co-operative field work of the Agricultural Extension Department of the International Harvester Company from January of 1913 to J...
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Get Acquainted Tour

Date: 1916
Description: View up center of dirt road towards automobiles parked on either side in Wabash County.
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International Harvester Agricultural Extension Lecture

Date: 1917
Description: A group of men and boys attending an Agricultural Extension lecture in an opera house. The onstage lecturer is pointing to a sign reading: "Agricultural Le...
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Spraying Trees with Pesticide

Date: 1922
Description: Two farmers operating a pesticide sprayer while another man looks on from atop a nearby International 8-16 tractor.
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McCormick-Deering 15-30 Tractor & Sprayer

Date: 05 1923
Description: A farmer is driving a McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor with a sprayer attachment in front of a farmhouse. Two men are working in the foreground.
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Mixing Pesticide

Date: 04 1923
Description: Two men mixing arsenate of lead before starting out for the orchard on R.R. Roberson's farm. A man on a McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor and sprayer is look...
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Boy and Girl Working in the Field

Date: 1917
Description: A girl and a boy doing field work beside a wagon.
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Two Men Sifting Compost for a Garden

Date: 06 1923
Description: Two men sifting compost soil through a screen.
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Working with a Compost Pile

Date: 06 1923
Description: A man cutting down a compost pile with a shovel.
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Field Work

Date: 1920
Description: Two men working with walking cultivators(?) in a field.
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Truck near Orchard

Date: 06 1923
Description: An International Harvester service truck sitting on the roadside at R.R. Robertson's orchard.
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Barrel Sprayer

Date: 1923
Description: A man is using a horse to pull a barrel sprayer on a drag at Prof. Holden's farm.
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Barrel Spraying

Date: 1923
Description: A man is using a barrel sprayer to apply pesticide to a fruit tree on Prof. Holden's farm.
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Spraying Pesticide

Date: 06 1923
Description: Two men applying pesticide with a sprayer in an orchard. Another man is sitting on the horse-drawn wagon carrying the tank.
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Cutting Weeds

Date: 08 1929
Description: A man using a scythe to cut weeds from a pasture of wild carrots.

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