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1941AGRICULTURE
MAGUEY PLANT. CACTUS. NOPAL CACTUS. ORGAN CACTUS 1940s AGRICULTURE. TROPICAL AMERICAN PLANTS. THE CENTURY PLANT. A GREAT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT OF THE MEXICAN TABLE-LAND FURNISHES THE MEXICAN PEON WITH EVERYTHING FROM PULQUE TO THE HOUSE IN WHICH HE LIVES

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MEXICAN FARMER IN WAGON PULLED BY TEAM OF HORSES TRAVELS ACROSS COUNTRY LAND. TROPICAL PLANTS GROW
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FARMER PULLS THREAD-LIKE FIBERS FROM MAGUEY PLANT. BIG THORN SERVES AS A NEEDLE. PRIMITIVE NEEDLE AND THREAD.
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MEXICAN FARMER SITS ON GROUND AND BRAIDS THICK FIBERS TOGETHER. CU FARMER SHOWS BRAIDED THREAD
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EARLY 1940s MEXICAN MAN SEWS WITH PRIMITIVE NEEDLE AND THREAD
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FARMER SAPS PULQUE FROM HUGE CENTURY PLANT. AGAVE.
02 56 FARMER REMOVES TOUGH SKIN AND SPLITS THE LEAF. BEATS ON A STONE UNTIL REDUCED TO PULP AND FIBER. PROCESS OF MAKING PULQUE
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PULP IS REMOVES WITH A CRUDE INSTRUMENT USED FOR A THOUSAND YEARS. BRUSHES THEN KNOTS SILKY THREADS
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MEXICAN FARMER HOLDS UP CLUMP OF STRONG SILKY FIBERS
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PRIMITIVE METHOD OF MAKING ROPE, A TREE STUMP AND A FEW STICKS FURNISH THE NATIVE "MACHINERY". MEXICAN FARMER MAKING ROPE WITH CRUDE IMPLEMENTS CIRCA EARLY 1940s. WHEEL IS REVOLVED BY ALTERNATELY PULLING AND LOOSENING A CRUDE WINDLASS. SPINNING FOUR STRANDS AT A TIME. WHOLE FAMILY WORKS TO KEEP THE TWISTED ROPE FROM CRINKLING. LITTLE GIRL HOLDS COILED ROPE
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MEXICAN FARMER MAKES A HARNESS OUT OF MAQUEY FIBER EARLY 1940s. STRAW SOMBRERO
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PARTIALLY DRIED MAQUEY LEAVES USED TO BUILD A BUNGALOW. MEXICAN FARMER BUILDING HIS HOUSE OUT OF CENTURY PLANT LARGE LEAVES
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MAN CARRIES LARGE BUNDLE OF DRIED MAQUEY LEAVES ON HIS BACK.
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MEXICAN WORKERS USE DRIED LEAVES FOR REPAIRING DIRT ROAD
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MEXICAN FARMER DWARFED BY THE NOPAL CACTUS HUGE CACTUS PLANTS.
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MEXICAN FARMER CAREFULLY REMOVES THE PRICKLY PEAR FROM THE PLANT AND EATS. FRUIT FROM NOPAL PLANT
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GIRL CUTS OFF CACTUS LEAF, SITS AND SCRAPES OFF THE THORNS WITH A KNIFE. CUTS UP THE LEAVES
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MEXICAN VILLAGERS WALK ON TREE LINED DIRT ROAD. TALL ORGAN CACTUS
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