Spruce budworm spraying, 1979
Item 5639 info
Maine Historical Society
This C-54 spray plane is spraying a section of Maine's forest. In 1979 the spruce budworm attacked the spruces and made them unsuitable for use by the timber industry. The pesticide used to control the budworm was Sevin-4.
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