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A boy stands on a mule that is tandem hitched to a harrow disk near Turlock, California

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Title: A boy stands on a mule that is tandem hitched to a harrow disk near Turlock, California
Creator: Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1905
Publication Information: California State University, Stanislaus. University Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: California State University, Stanislaus. Library
Collection: Stanislaus Region History and Culture Image Collection
Rights Information: Public domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: A boy shows off the height of the vegetation in the field that is to be disked. The mule he stands on is tandem (single-file) hitched to a harrow disk. The disk cuts the roots to kill unwanted plants and turns over the topsoil to help make the field ready for planting crops such as wheat or watermelons. Verso: The Simon (or Dimon) Ranch 1905.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print; 5 x 12 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt3v19q9r5
cturs_009
Language: English
Subject: Agriculture--California--Central Valley (Valley)--History
Agricultural machinery--California
Harrows--California
Place: Turlock (Calif.)

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