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Soybean Chemical Sprayer


Title	Soybean Chemical Sprayer
Coverage / Year	c. 1997
Description	This chemical sprayer douses soybean plants with insecticides to help crop growth.
Interpretation	The use of chemicals as insecticides and fertilizers greatly changed the way farming was done. With these discoveries, farmers could supplement nutrients that crops were lacking.
Lesson Plans / Themes	How we learn about communities; Communities and Geography; American Communities in History
Learning Standards	15 Economics; 16 History; 18 Social systems
Author or Creator	McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.
Other Contributors	Walters, William D, Jr., 1942-
Source	'The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' by William D. Walters Jr.; ISBN 0-943788-15-3 (1997)
Subject / Keywords	McLean County, Illinois; Soybeans; Fertilizers; Chemicals; Croplands;
Collection Publisher	McLean County Museum of History
Further Information	For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project.
Rights Management Statement	http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm
Resource Identifier	mch0349; IL MCLEAN AGR WAL; Image does not appear in book.
CONTENTdm file name	9061223832002_mch0349.jpg