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Threshing peas, ca. 1955

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Threshing peas, ca. 1955
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Description

For many years peas were grown in rotation with potatoes as an alternative crop to help replenish nutrients to the soil.

In the picture, pea vines are being threshed to separate the peas from the vines.

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