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21.	Crates of peas	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Peas	Workers hauling crates of peas

22.	Pea harvest operations	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting; Harvesting machinery; Peas	For cannery pea harvesting operations in Umatilla county, Mexican labor was a major factor in the successful harvesting operations. Note the 12 pea viners in operation, with trucks bringing in cannery...

23.	Picking potatoes	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Potatoes; Harvesting; Harvesting machinery	Mexicans pick up potatoes on the Dalton & Evans farm near Malin, Klamath county, with a digger in the background.

24.	Combine operation	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting machinery	Mexicans were used on this combine operation on the Harry Wilson farm near Malin.

25.	Sacking harvested potatoes	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Potatoes; Harvesting machinery	Mexican workers sack potatoes. The sacking device runs crosswise with this type.

26.	Tomato harvesters	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Tomatoes; Harvesting	Two of the Mexican pickers with Mrs. Dloff

27.	Worker with tomatoes	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Tomatoes; Harvesting	Young Mexican worker with his bucket of tomatoes

28.	Tomato harvesting	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Tomatoes; Harvesting	Mexican laborers from the Freewater camp pick early tomatoes on the John R. Dloff farm.

29.	Vine threshers	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting machinery; Peas	At the other end of the viners the threshed vines come out. One young Mexcian, who can read English, is enjoying himself with a magazine.

30.	Loading pea viners	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting machinery; Peas	Harvesting cannery peas in Umatilla County requires about 2,000 additional adult laborers. Mexicans such as those shown here feeding the viners saved the day in harvesting this crop.

31.	Potato harvesting	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting machinery; Potatoes	Harvesting the early potato crop in Malheur county was made possible by the presence of the Mexicans. One example is this digger at work on the Roy Holmes farm.

32.	Harvesting potatoes	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting; Potatoes	Mexicans pick up spuds on the Roy Holmes farm. Of the 10,000 acres of potatoes picked, 4,500 acres were harvested early.

33.	Picking potatoes	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting; Potatoes	Mexicans picking potatoes on lake bottom farm belong to Scott Warren, Klamath Falls

34.	Contracting for labor	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon	Bryant Williams, farm labor assistant, and Preston Daughton, USES representative, arrange with S.E. Starr and K.A. Bursell for Mexican workers.

35.	Picking prunes	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Orchards; Prunes; Harvesting	Mexican at work picking prunes

36.	Picking up prunes	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Prunes; Orchards; Harvesting	One man per tree was the usual rule in picking up prunes.

37.	Picking belt	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting; Potatoes	Style of picking belt, to which sack is fastened and dragged between the legs

38.	Onion harvest	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Onions; Harvesting	Onions are laid out carefully with tops over bulbs to prevent sunburn.

39.	Potato harvest	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting; Potatoes	Mexicans put spuds in half-sacks for trucks to pick up at Dalton & Evans Ranch.

40.	Klamath onion field	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting; Onions	Part of a 65-acre onion field owned by West & Lyon being harvested by Mexicans