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Harcourt Valley Heritage & Tourist Centre
Spraying the Pear Trees, 1925
... in a pear orchard. The equipment is a spray pump which is being... sprays in a pear orchard. The equipment is a spray pump which ...This is Reub Eagle's North Harcourt orchard. The two workers are Walter Ellis and Dolph Eagle. The spraying equipment is a spray pump mounted on a wooden vat /horse-drawn vehicle and was an improvement on carrying a back pack spray as hoses from the equipment permitted greater ease and mobility. The pear trees are planted in rows spaced twenty feet apart and heavily pruned so that the fruit buds were to grow on the main branches.Photograph is a historical record of orchard/horticultural techniques of the 1920s to the nineteen fifties in Harcourt.B & W photograph shows a view of two men using hand sprays in a pear orchard. The equipment is a spray pump which is being drawn by a horse -
Harcourt Valley Heritage & Tourist Centre
book, Orchard Pest Control, circa 1954
... Book published by Shell Oil Company advocating use of spray... use of spray to control all orchard pests & diseases. Shell ...Book published by Shell Oil Company advocating use of spray to control all orchard pests & diseases. Shell Oil Co was very active in promotion of its products in Harcourt during the 1950s. The book was regarded as a good handbook guide to diseases of apples and pears.The orchardists of Harcourt, sole traders and hardy pioneers, took more notice of the spray retailers than they did of the Dept of Agriculture, with field days and film nights organized by the Shell Oil Co being a primary source of knowledge about the prevention of orchard pests and diseases. Of course Shell advocated the use of che,mical spray to control all orchard pests and diseases. After the publication of the book ‘Silent Spring’ by Rachel Carson the orchardists turned to different methods, e.g. orchard hygiene, resistant rootstocks, biological control and quarantine and followed a minimal spray regime. .brown cardboard-covered book of 144 pages with coloured illustrationsShell Corporation Melbourne -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white photocopy, The Argus, Joan Fitzgerald, 1953
Photocopy of picture in "The Argus" 16 July, 1953. with caption, "Pest control is an essential part of the training at Burnley School of Horticulture. Here Joan Fitzgerald (1953) sprays a bed of cauliflowers with an anti-insect powder." Part of article on Careers for Girls.female students, careers for girls, pest control, joan fitzgerald, cauliflowers, anti-insect powder, orchard -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Students Spraying Fruit Trees, c. 1967
Note by T.H. Kneen 18 December 1991," This photograph was taken about the same time as the Governor of Victoria, Sir Rohan Delacombe, visited the College."Black and white photograph. 3 students in protective gear spraying fruit trees in the Orchard, 1 on a tractor.students, protective gear, spraying, tractor, governor of victoria, sir rohan delacombe, orchard -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Newspaper - Newspaper Cutting, The Sun, "Sacked" on the Job, 1958
... "sack" dresses as protection while spraying in the orchard... spraying in the orchard. The girls are from left Janet Porteous ...Photograph in "The Sun" July 26, 1958. Caption reads, "These hard-working Burnley Horticultural College students wear real "sack" dresses as protection while spraying in the orchard. The girls are from left Janet Porteous, Sue Marks and Gwenneth Edwards (1958).the sun, burnley horticultural college, students, female students, janet porteous, sue marks, gwenneth edwards, spraying, uniform, students working outside, orchard -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Colour print, Spraying in the Orchard, 1890's
... Spraying in the Orchard.... Some colouring on the photograph. Spraying in the Orchard ...Large coloured photograph mounted on heavy cardboard showing Orchard and pruned leafless fruit trees being sprayed by 2 men one on left in hat, coat and apron, another younger man on right no hat; both spraying from hoses coming from horse drawn tank with large iron wheels (2) and motor driven pump mounted behind tank. Behind fruit trees, planted in rows, is a low, white, wooden post and rail fence on right and there is a background of eucalypts, some white trunked. Some colouring on the photograph.men, spraying, horse drawn cart, spraying equipment, students working outside, orchard, fruit trees -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Colour print, Spraying in the Orchard, 1890's
... Spraying in the Orchard... on the photograph. Spraying in the Orchard Photograph Colour print ...Large coloured photograph on heavy cardboard backing depicting man in shirt sleeves and braces spraying citrus (?) trees. The 4 iron wheeled spray tank surmounted by a belt driven pumping engine (2 wheels) is drawn by 2 draught horses harnessed; the rear horse in collar and blinkers, has white socks on both back legs; the far horse has white socks on 3 legs and a white blaze on its face. Some colouring on the photograph.men, spraying, horse drawn cart, spraying equipment, student working outside, orchard