Farming Equipment and Methods
Description:
Photograph of standard street sweeping equipment that was successfully used to harvest Buffalo grass seed. The sweeper brush is raised and the collector pan—ahead of the brush and not showing—would be in the dummy position. The machine was put to work on a golf course to collect the seed needed for reinvigorating and Oklahoma military airfield. Tarpaulins were placed on each side of the fairway and the collector of seed, trash and grass was dumped on the tarpaulins and then sacked. The golf cou…
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Date:
1943
Creator:
Smith, James E.
Partner:
Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society