Harvest Time

Earth's bounty is most impressive at harvest time in the grand land of EXPO '74. The Washington Water power Company joins in inviting you to enjoy Indian Summer - or the other seasons - at the world's first environmental exposition, May 1 to October 31, 1974, in Spokane.

John Keith photograph
 

Concord Grapes

HARVEST TIME IN THE GREAT CONCORD GRAPE BELT ALONG LAKE ERIE

 

Honda CVCC Wagon

The New 1977 Honda CVCC Wagon

Five door practicality . . . economy with engineering excellence.

Protective side moulding shown in illustration is an extra cos option.

What the world is coming to

 

Amish Wagon

Bringing home the harvest. The Amish youth is driving a wagon loaded with corn through one of the quaint villages, many are as colorful as their names suggest.

Color Photo by Robert P. Frey
 

Maple Sugar Time

MAPLE SUGAR TIME IN VERMONT

(Gathering Sap)  "Cloudland Farm"

Vermont sugar makers climb up their maple mountains to drill the new "tap holes" into the hard rock maples. They select only the mature maples in the "sugar bush" to produce the sweet maple sap. Before a tree is mature enough to be tapped it mus be some 40 years old, "a foot through" and some 60 ft. tall.

photography by Tommy Lee Knappe

 

Sweet Corn

SWEET HARVEST . . . here's one that will keep them "Down on the Farm."

 

Vermont Pumpkin Patch

THE PUMPKIN PATCH

 Whimsical scarecrows invite all to stroll among thousands of huge orange pumpkins and share in a Vermont Harvest Tradition. Featured in Vermont Life Magazine  as "The Favorite Pumpkin Patch." Equinox Valley Nursery , Historic Rt. 7A, Manchester, Vt. 

Antelope Valley

ANTELOPE VALLEY
One of the finest alfalfa growing areas in the world. Also the home of the West Coast's largest alfalfa mills.

Idaho Potatoes

POTATO HARVEST

Largest POTATO producing State in the Universe.

Grape Picker

Concord Grape Picker — The machine has a capacity of Harvesting one acre per hour. The machine covers the vineyard row. Agitation crops the berries into the conveyor system which carries them directly to the factory container.

 

Florida Orange Truck

Waverly

HOME OF THE FLORIDA ORANGE

Fruit picking scene in a Waverly Growers Cooperative Grove.

Harvesting Lettuce

LETTUCE HARVEST NEAR MESA, ARIZONA

The lettuce crop in Arizona meets the highest standards of production. Here, lettuce is being cut, trimmed, and packed in the field. Trucks stand by to haul the lettuce to vacuum cooling plants in cartons, where it is given the proper chilling for shipment to markets throughout the nation.

 

Pumpkins and Scarecrow

FUN AT HARVEST TIME

Potato Harvest

Truckloads of Potatoes from the rich agricultural land of Minnesota and North Dakota will provide the people of America and the world for another season.

Haying Time in Nebraska

Thousands of tons of hay are cut annually in NEBRASKA land. The many river bottom lands and Sand Hills meadows provide excellent quality hay for feed lots through the winter.

Harvesting Grapefruit

Harvesting Grapefruit

"The Lower RIO GRANDE VALLEY of Texas"

Grapefruit grows in abundance throughout the Valley as well as oranges, and are shipped to all points of the Nation. Only here in the Lower RIO GRANDE VALLEY does that soil, enriched by centuries of year-round sun and overflow from the "Big River," tint and sweeten the fruit to utmost goodness. The valley is fast becoming one of the leading resort areas of the nation. Warm winters, cool summers, with plenty of fruit, flower, and sunshine.

Peanut Pickers

PEANUT PICKERS

Harvesting Peaches

• HARVEST TIME IN PARKER COUNTY
• Luscious Peaches Ready for Market
• WEATHERFORD, TEXAS
Delicious peaches are one of the major crops in Parker County of which Weatherford is the county seat. Deep, sandy soil, ample rainfall and temperate climate combine to make this area ideal for fruit growing.

Cape Cod Cranberry Bog

CRANBERRY BOG AT PICKING TIME

CAPE COD, MASS.

Squash Pumpkins

The Penna. Dutch Country an unusual fall scene of squash pumpkins ready for harvesting.