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Publication Information
| Date Created | September 1938 |
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Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Dimensions | 17 x 12 cm |
Collection Information
| Call Number | (W528)38121 |
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Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED |
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Making Grasshopper Bait
July 1938
At a small sawmill near Shell Lake, farmers shovel sawdust which will be mixed with a whey product and applied to fields for grasshopper eradication during the northwestern grasshopper outbreak.
Making a New Cranberry Bog
June 1938
Construction of a leadgate to control the water flow in a new cranberry section at the Cranberry Lake Development Company in Price County.
Making Grasshopper Bait
1938
At the grasshopper bait mixing station at Fall Creek, two cement mixers were used to mix sawdust, a whey product, and sodium arsenite. So severe was the grasshopper outbreak of 1938 in northwestern...
Tobacco Farming
Farmers harvesting and loading tobacco on a tobacco rack to take to a shed.
CCC Youth Crew
1938
A crew of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) youth starting for the field where they were working on ribes eradication as part of the effort to defeat the white pine blister rust threat.
