Stacking alfalfa in the Pecos Valley, New Mexico

Series

Crops

Collection name

Nancy Tucker Postcard Collection, 1898-1959

Date

[1900-1935]

Subject (LCSH)

Baling

Alfalfa

Field crops

Stacking machines

Farmers

New Mexico

Provenance

Nancy Tucker's donation in 2005

Physical description

Color standard postcard

Extent

Size original: 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Notes

Note on recto: 79096 Stacking Alfalfa in the Pecos Valley, N. M.

Fred Harvey

Note on verso: Of the many profitable crops of the Pecos Valley, alfalfa is the mainstay, It is not unusual to cut five crops in a season and the yield is six tons to the acre in a year. It is fed not only to cattle and horses in the valley, but is shipped as there is always a heavy demand for it

Inscriptions included

Original publisher

Detroit Publishing Co.

Locally published by: Fred Harvey

Digital publisher

New Mexico State University Library

Source

NMSU Library Archives and Special Collections

Unit

Rio Grande Historical Collections

Language

English

Type

Still Image

Format

application/pdf

Medium (AAT)

color prints (prints)

Genre (AAT)

picture postcards

Access rights

Open to re-use

Metadata cataloger

Duke, Emily

Glowacka-Musial, Monika

Digital identifier

RG2005_028_042.pdf