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Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Four-year-old guayule shrubs. Guayule requires from seven to fifteen inches of rainfall annually, ten inches being ideal for successful cultivation

Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Cultivating two-year-old guayule shrubs. For the first two years in the fields the shrubs are cultivated frequently to keep down weeds and break up the soil which crusts easily

Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Approximately four-year-old guayule plant. The seedlings remain in the nursery for eight or nine months, the age of the shrub being determined by the length of time it is in the field. Guayule reaches maturity in from four to six years. At maturity the plant is about three feet in height. The rubber content is from eighteen to twenty percent of the dry weight

Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Cultivating two-year-old guayule plants. This is the only place in the world where guayule is now cultivated

Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers cultivating two-year guayule plants. Guayule grows wild in parts of Texas, Arizona, and Mexico. The only cultivated fields of guayule are at Salinas

Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Cultivating two-year-old guayule shrubs

Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Cultivating two-year-old guayule shrubs. For the first two years in the fields the shrubs are cultivated frequently to keep down weeds and break up the soil which crusts easily

Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Approximately four-year-old guayule plant. The seedlings remain in the nursery for eight or nine months, the age of the shrub being determined by the length of time it is in the field. Guayule reaches maturity in from four to six years. At maturity the plant is about three feet in height. The rubber content is from eighteen to twenty percent of the dry weight

Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Guayule planter. Seeds mixed with sawdust are planted by this machine which also distributes a thin stream of sand over the seeds. This is a nursery operation. Seedlings sprout in a few days, grow in the nursery about eight months before being transplanted into the field

Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Four-year-old guayule shrubs. Guayule requires from seven to fifteen inches of rainfall annually, ten inches being ideal for successful cultivation

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer worker, 20th-century dust bowl, great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1941
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Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, 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 monterey county salinas safety film negatives intercontinental rubber producers intercontinental rubber producers guayule shrubs inches fifteen inches rainfall ten inches cultivation united states history workers library of congress