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Title:
Tractor applying pesticide to crops
Description:
Transcribed from accompanying material: From story on boll weevil, 1972: Tractors and airplanes have replaced mule drawn equipment for applying insecticides. About one-third of all insecticides used in the United States is used on cotton. The above picture was made in Edgecobme County about 1950
Topics:
Agriculture
Entomology
Subjects:
Agricultural education
Boll weevil
Crops
Pesticides
Tractors
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:
ua023_007-001-bx0002-003-012
Created Date:
circa
Location:
Edgecombe County (N.C.)
Digital Project:
University Archives Photographs