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- 1947-11-01 - 1948-12-30 (Creation)
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CNRRA / 791
Shanghai, China -- November 1947
The rotenone is manufactured with UNRRA technical assistance at the National Pesticide Manufacturing Company plant on Yulin Road in Shanghai, and is distributed to farmers in two-ounce bottles, the contents of which, mixed in one bucket of water, is sufficient to spray one mow of land, as seen in this picture
Chinese National Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
China
Farming -- China
Pest control -- China
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Copy of: S-0801-0001-07-25: UNRRA technicians are using derris root for the manufacture of pesticides
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UNRRA technicians are using the source of an ancient Chinese medicine, the derris root, for the manufacture of pesticides, including rotenone to fight plant destroying insects and save valuable crops