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Homemade Mosquito Duster

Date: 07 27 1944
Description: City of Madison staff demonstrating homemade liquid mosquito sprayer designed by Dr. Bernhard "Dommie" Domogalla, city biochemist. Left to right: LeRoy Joh...
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Making Grasshopper Bait

Date: 1938
Description: At the grasshopper bait mixing station at Fall Creek, two cement mixers were used to mix sawdust, a whey product, and sodium arsenite. So severe was the gr...
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Cranberry Dusting

Date: 08 1936
Description: Airplane owned by the Agricultural Dusting Service of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, dusting a cranberry marsh in Wood County for leaf hoppers. The photographer ...
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Cranberry Spraying

Date: 1940
Description: Boom spraying of cranberries, in the Wisconsin Rapids area and probably by members of the Asa Bennett family. This technique using a tractor was developed ...
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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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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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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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Spraying Crops with Pesticide

Date: 1913
Description: Two men are using a sprayer to apply pesticide to a field of corn.
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Man Spraying Crop with Farmall Tractor

Date: 05 26 1926
Description: A man is using a Farmall Regular tractor with a spraying attachment to apply pesticide(?) to a crop.
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Cotton Duster

Date: 07 24 1929
Description: A man spraying a cotton crop with a Farmall Regular tractor and a McCormick-Deering cotton duster owned by J.R. Clark of Dallas, Texas.
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Orchard and Grove Tractor

Date: 10 11 1938
Description: A man drives a McCormick-Deering 10-20 orchard and grove tractor with a 14-A disk and duster. Another man is dusting the trees with a pesticide.
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Orchard Work

Date: 10 11 1938
Description: A 10-20 orchard and grove tractor pulls a McCormick-Deering 14-A disk and duster owned by Mackay Estates Ltd. A man is using the duster to apply pesticide ...
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I-14 Tractor and Beam Sprayer in Apple Orchard

Date: 1940
Description: Three men operating an International I-14 industrial tractor and a 300-gallon beam sprayer in an apple orchard. One man is sitting on the tractor while the...
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F.M. Barden with T-20 Crawler Tractor

Date: 06 01 1938
Description: A man stands on a stand on top of a tank pulled by a T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor). The man is using a Hardie Mogul sprayer with a regular 400-gallon ...
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Two Men Spraying Trees

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Description: Two men spray trees for pests. One man is driving a tractor pulling a tank, while the other man follows behind holding a high pressure hose spraying the li...

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