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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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Mowing Weeds

Date: 1921
Description: A man using a scythe to cut weeds in field.
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Family Weeding Garden

Date: 08 1914
Description: John Van Ness and his niece and nephew removing weeds from their "truck patch." Mr. Van Ness is using a hoe.
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Men in Automobile near Hay Loader

Date: 1919
Description: View across field. Two men in the foreground on the left are sitting in an automobile. Behind them men are working with a hay loader and a wagon in the fie...
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Push Binder

Date: 1919
Description: View across field towards a man operating a push binder powered by three horses.
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McCormick Push Binder

Date: 1919
Description: A farmer and his team of horses operating a McCormick push binder.
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McCormick Reaper

Date: 1919
Description: Farmer leading a team of horses pulling a McCormick self-rake reaper.
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McCormick Reaper

Date: 
Description: Rear view of a farmer looking over his shoulder as he is driving a McCormick self-rake reaper.
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Boy with Peaches

Date: 1929
Description: A boy grinning while gathering peaches in his arms in the orchard of N.Y. Yates.
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Spraying Orchard with Pesticide

Date: 1925
Description: Two men using a "Friend" sprayer to apply pesticide to orchard trees.
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Spraying Potatoes with Pesticide

Date: 06 1923
Description: Men using the "big sprayer" to apply pesticide to garden potatoes at R.R. Robertson's farm.
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Farmer with Orchard Harrow

Date: 05 1923
Description: A man is working with a team of horses that are pulling a McCormick-Deering orchard harrow at F.W. Watts' farm.
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Boys at Work on Urban Garden

Date: 04 18 1917
Description: Boys from the Newberry School and Boys' Club No. 2 work on ground loaned by the Board of Education for a city garden.

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