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Description
A farmer uses a riding hoe on his potato field in Caribou in about 1930.
After a potato field has been cultivated, the loose dirt is piled around the base of the potato plants to protect the potatoes growing near the surface from being damaged by the sun. While not a technically difficult job, it was typically done during the hottest days of June and horse flies constantly tormented the horses.
About This Item
- Title: Hoeing potato field, Caribou, ca. 1930, ca. 1930
- Creator: George Whitneck
- Creation Date: circa 1930
- Subject Date: circa 1930
- Location: Caribou, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 12 cm x 17 cm
- Collection: Whitneck Collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Agricultural laborers
- Plowing
- Agricultural machinery & implements
- Farming
- Potato growers
- Potatoes
- Carts & wagons
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