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Woodchuck Problem

Date: 1915
Description: At Cornfalfa Farms two men try automobile exhaust to deal with their woodchuck problem.
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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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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 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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Dusting Potatoes with Pesticide

Date: 1919
Description: A man dusting a potato crop in a field with arsenate of lead.
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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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Farm Buildings

Date: 1915
Description: View of a barn, shed, and fence, used to illustrate places where mites and lice might breed.
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Spraying Fruit Trees

Date: 09 20 1924
Description: A man stands on a platform made of wood while using a sprayer to apply pesticide to a grove of fruit trees. Another man stands on the back, and another man...
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Pesticide Application

Date: 06 1939
Description: Two men use a 150-gallon sprayer attached to the back of a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor to apply pesticide to trees in an orchard. The photograph was t...
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Pesticide Sprayer

Date: 06 29 1939
Description: Four men use a 150 gallon sprayer and a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor to apply pesticide to an orchard. The photograph was taken in Markham, Ontario, Can...
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Orchard Sprayer

Date: 07 15 1929
Description: A man drives a McCormick-Deering 10-20(?) tractor through an orchard as another man stands on an orchard sprayer while applying what is probably pesticide ...
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Pesticide Application

Date: 05 17 1929
Description: A man drives an International tractor through an orchard while another man uses an orchard sprayer to apply what is probably pesticide to the trees.
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Pesticide Application at Night

Date: 1929
Description: Two men use a McCormick-Deering tractor and an orchard sprayer to apply pesticide to trees at night.
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Farm Orchard Sprayer, Baskets and Apples

Date: 08 1923
Description: Apples in baskets in front of a "farm orcharding sprayer" at R.R. Robertson's. Farm buildings are in the background. On the left is a grinding wheel powere...

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