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21.	Thinning apple trees	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Orchards; Apples; Harvesting	Mexicans learn quickly to handle the ladders and to thin apples according to the desires of the owners.

22.	Sugar beet worker	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon	Transported Mexican National sugar beet worker

23.	Stacking hop sacks	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon ; Hops	Stacking the hop sacks in the field after weighing

24.	Sleeping quarters	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon	Inside one of the dormitory buildings, showing the type of sleeping quarters provided

25.	September 16 celebration	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Holidays--Mexico; Flags--Mexican	Mexican workers holding the Mexican flag during the September 16 celebration

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

27.	Registration, Hood River	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Luggage	Mexican farm workers waiting for registration

28.	Registration & assignments	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon	Mexicans lined up and waiting for registration and assignment to farmers

29.	Ready for work	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon	Two Mexicans registered and ready for work

30.	Ready for field harvesting	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Farm trucks	Mexican workers loaded into trucks for a day of work in the fields

31.	Pulling onions	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Onions; Harvesting	Mexican field workers pull onions and lay them in rows to cure, on West & Lyon farm near Malin.

32.	Prune picking	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon ; Prunes; Orchards; Harvesting	Another view of prune picking

33.	Preparing dinner	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Cookery	In the cook tents the crew has been busy preparing the evening meal, the largest of the day.

34.	Potato pickers	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Potatoes; Harvesting	Each picker stays on his own row until finished, carrying a supply of empty sacks fastened to a picking belt.

35.	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.

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

37.	Potato harvest	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Potatoes; Harvesting	Mexicans picking up potatoes were either paid 75 cents per hour or by the sack.

38.	Potato harvest	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting; Potatoes	Mexican farm workers help harvest potatoes.

39.	Poker after work	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Card games; Social life--Recreation	Mexican workers playing poker during their after-work hours

40.	Piling flax	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Flax	Mexicans work for growers piling flax.