Low-income farmers and Farm Security Administration Rural Rehabilitation clients in Sanpete County, Utah, badly needed an alfalfa duster. The equipment in this picture now belongs to the Axtell Alfalfa Duster Cooperative Association whose members in most cases borrowed from Farm Security Administration to set up this community and cooperative service. Christy Thorpe drives the team pulling the duster. He is caretaker of the outfit for his group
Summary
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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Date
01/01/1940
Location
Hill Top, 39.71468, -111.47019
Source
Christie's
Copyright info
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html