Dr. F.F. Smith, of the Bureau of plant quarintine and entomology, pouring naphthalene flakes on bulbs before being planted, 8/30/38

Agriculture finds new ways to keep flowers free from destructive insect pests. Beltsville, MD, Aug. 30. The bureau of Plant Quarantine and Entomology of the Dept. of Agriculture, has perfected treatments that keep tiny thrips from ruining Gladiola blooms, it worked them out by subjecting the bulbs t

Dr. Charles W. Knox, senior poultry geneticist, inspects the newly hatched chicks preparatory to banding them, 1/19/38

Shepherd Haynes, chief scientific aide, then places the eggs in an automatic incubator for a period of seven days, 1/19/38

Removed again from the incubator the eggs are put in individual wire baskets and placed in the hatcher by Mr. Haynes, 1/19/38

J.J. Culver of Ag. Ex. i.e., Agricultural Experiment? Station, Vienna, Va., studying fleas, 9/18/25

Dehydration. Potatoes. A batch of dehydrated potatoes is inspected by Horace Campbell, chief of the Vegetable Section at the Western Regional Research Laboratory in Albany, California. Four to seven hours of dehydration are required before all moisture is removed from the potatoes Creator(s): Rosene

George Attick, junior poultry aide, removes the hen and eggs from the trap nest. The eggs are then marked to correspond with the number on the leg band of the hen. From here on the egg is checked through until the hen or rooster is full grown, 1/19/38

The latest in cotton planting. Washington, DC, July 15. John Randolph, engineer of the U.S. Bureau of Agriculture Engineering demonstrates a model of a variable depth cotton planter which he invented. The small white dots at which he is pointing mark the wavy line of seed as planted by this new mach