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Item information

Title:
Plane cropping dusting cotton field
Description:
Transcribed from accompanying material: Date: [November] 28, 1925; Made by: U. S. [Department of Agriculture]; Subject: Airplane dusting; Location: [Unknown]; Remarks: Showing plane being loaded with calcium arsenate; flying low over cotton field leaving trail of dust and dust and settling over plants in the wake of the plane. Typical of dusting done in N. C. in 1925
Topics:
Agriculture
Community and Extension
Subjects:
Aerial spraying and dusting in agriculture
Airplanes
Cotton
Crop science
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:
ua023_007-006-bx0017-006-001
Photographer:
United States. Department of Agriculture more info on United States. Department of Agriculture 
Created Date:
Location:
North Carolina
Digital Project:
University Archives Photographs