Rural electrification: Farm work
Original caption: "Portrait of America. No. 36. Rural electrification in the U.S. This feed mixer on an American farm was economically constructed with plans provided to farmers by the U.S. Rural Electrification Administration. The motor (foreground) which operates it has a portable mount so it can readily be moved from one machine to another. Among other types of U.S. wartime farm equipment, American farmers build their own electrical chicken and pig brooders, food dehydrators and egg coolers from non-essential materials."
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