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Field worker irrigating alfalfa and barley fields. The field produces eleven cuttings of alfalfa a year, yields nine to ten tons to the acre; sold for twenty-two dollars per ton in 1936. Near Indio, Coachella Valley, California

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california riverside county indio irrigation nitrate negatives field worker field worker alfalfa barley fields barley fields cuttings eleven cuttings year yields yields nine tons ten tons acre twenty two dollars twenty two dollars coachella valley coachella valley united states history library of congress
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01/01/1937
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Lange, Dorothea, photographer
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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

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california riverside county indio irrigation nitrate negatives field worker field worker alfalfa barley fields barley fields cuttings eleven cuttings year yields yields nine tons ten tons acre twenty two dollars twenty two dollars coachella valley coachella valley united states history library of congress