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Canning "Greene County. Canned goods made by [an African American] FSA (Farm Security Administration) family," Jack Delano, October 1941.

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, LC-USF34-046289-D DLC (b&w film neg.)

This image, and many others like it, are available from the Library of Congress American Memory project.

Lettuce Field "Salinas River Valley, California. Lettuce land," Russell Lee, December 1941.

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, LC-USF34-070971-D DLC (b&w film neg.)

This image, and many others like it, are available from the Library of Congress American Memory project.

Loading Lettuce "San Benito County, California. Harvesting lettuce," Russell Lee, May 1942.

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, LC-USF34-072495-D DLC (b&w film neg.)

This image, and many others like it, are available from the Library of Congress American Memory project.

Tractor on Seabrook Farms "Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farms. Tractors ploughing on the contour," Arthur Rothstein, June 1942.

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, LC-USW3-004910-D DLC (b&w film neg.)

This image, and many others like it, are available from the Library of Congress American Memory project.

Yucca Farm "Henequen Plantation near Kanasin, Mexico," Photographed by Sterling Evans. 

See article in Agricultural History 80:1.

Used with permission.

Beekeepers "Shaking bees out of comb," 1920-1929.

"Three men near beehives. Two with netted hats to protect face, one holding fogger and other holding bee comb. Another man dressed in suit holding bee comb, but wearing no netting. Other beehive boxes visible on ground. Beehives those of a Mr. Criter of Amenia, N.D."

Courtesy of NDSU University Archives, NDSU Libraries, Fargo

Man Holding Harvest "Zeferino Dominguez with beans," 1914.

Dominguez was a Mexican agricultural scientist who tried to provide simple scientific explanations of the importance of legume crops in maintaining soil fertility.  See article in Agricultural History 78:2.

From Dominguez's book, The Modern Cultivation of Corn, 1914.

horses "Group of Percherons."

From J. H. Sanders, The Breeds of Live Stock, 1886.

sheep "Group of Hampshire Downs."

From J. H. Sanders, The Breeds of Live Stock, 1886.

two bulls "Texan Cattle."

From J. H. Sanders, The Breeds of Live Stock, 1886.

Copyright 2007 by the Agricultural History Society