Martin Digital History

Adjusting farm equipment, 1954

Item

Title

Adjusting farm equipment, 1954

Description

Published in the Stuart News (14 Oct 1954) with the caption "Locally-Devised Rake Injects Steam In The Ground. Flower grower C. M. Luce (right) and his foreman, Kenneth Hampton, inspect the Luce Flower Farm's rake-like device that is employed to steam-heat the soil to kill off weeds and insect pests of the flowers. The mechanism at right pulls the rake. In center rear is the stationary boiler that generates the steam."

Source

Scan gift of Sandra Thurlow.

Publisher

The Stuart News (Stuart, Fla.)

Date

Rights

No Copyright - In the United States: The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Format

Black and white negative, 4x5 inches

Language

English

Type

Still Image

Identifier

Thurlow-2025-004-flowers-029
2025.004

Coverage

Original Format

Negatives

Citation

Earl Dyer Ricou (1923-2011), “Adjusting farm equipment, 1954,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/12093.