Workers at oneof the farms of the Woodman Potato Company, eleven miles north ofCaribou (Maine, 1940)
Workers at oneof the farms of the Woodman Potato Company, eleven miles north ofCaribou (Maine, 1940):Tractor garageand house occupied by the cook.Gatheringpotatoes.A double rowtractor in use.A truck carriesempty barrels back to the fields.Workers throwpotato barrels into the field for the pickers to use.During theharvest season, the field hands work from sunrise to sunset.A truck carriesfull potato barrels from the field.Baskets usedfor gathering potatoes are dipped in an acid bath to preventbacterial wilt and other diseases.Unloadingpotatoes at the storage barn.Seed potatoesin a storage bin. -- source link
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