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1. County Agent, Ron Davis, looks at a field of tansy
County Agent, Ron Davis, looks at a field of tansy
2. Handling crates of beans
Handling crates of beans
Description
Large crops of beans were handled with assistance from professional and business men. Their shifts lasted from 7-11 p.m.. County school superintendent L. C. Moffitt is shown here trucking bean crates.
3. Filbert pickers
Filbert pickers
Description
The filbert pickers are coeds from Benton County, Oregon.
4. Harry O'Reilly talking to a farmer
Harry O'Reilly talking to a farmer
5. Cranberry harvesting
Cranberry harvesting
Description
The rubber vacuum tube in Jim Olson's hands carries a powerful suction generated by a motor-driven fan. As the end of the tube is moved rapidly back and forth among the vines, the cranberries are knocked loose and drawn into the machine through the vacuum.
6. German POWs operating a potato bulker
German POWs operating a potato bulker
Description
A crew of 7 German prisoner's of war are operating the potato bulker on the Frank Bell farm just across the state line in Tulelake, California.
7. Weighing Hops
Weighing Hops
Description
P.M. Osborne, section boss from Salem, is watching two weighers hold the hops belonging to Myrna Hedrick, 14, Dequeen, Arkansas
8. Two boys with strawberry carriers
Two boys with strawberry carriers
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Ed Castillo, 12, left, and Kent Bradshaw, 13, from Salem, walking with strawberry carriers. Ed picked 18 carriers and Kent 16 in one six hour day, at 42 cents per carrier. L.W. Scoggin Farm, Grand Island district of Yamhill County.
9. Robert W. Every
Robert W. Every
Description
Robert W. Every, OSC Extenison Entomology Specialist is shown operating sprayer on sheep for ticks on a south Benton County farm. The nozzles were held close to the fleece in order to get skin deep penetration with the DDT solution. The sheep are loosely confined in a holding pen to facilitate spary coverage.
10. Cranberry picking machine
Cranberry picking machine
Description
One type of cranberry harvesting machines becoming popular in Coos County bogs is a vacuum. Jim Olson, Bandon grower, foreground, used two of these machines when harvesting his 2 1/2 acre bog. Olson's bog yielded around 800 quarter-barrel boxes per acre.
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