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61.	Picking potatoes	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Potatoes; Harvesting; Harvesting machinery	Mexicans pick up potatoes on the Dalton & Evans farm near Malin, Klamath county, with a digger in the background.

62.	Picking prunes	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Orchards; Prunes; Harvesting	Mexican at work picking prunes

63.	Picking up prunes	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Prunes; Orchards; Harvesting	One man per tree was the usual rule in picking up prunes.

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

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

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

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

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

69.	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.

70.	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.

71.	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.

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

73.	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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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