No thought was given to personal protection. Farm Journal Magazine even once featured a front mounted spray boom that a farmer had fabricated on the front of a tractor. They lauded his creativity. They even showed a picture of him spraying, and driving through the cloud of spray wearing only a T shirt.
I have that picture, with the caption- that was my gramps, and there wasn't really a cloud of spray, more dust off the front wheels. Was for spraying Eptam for weed control (kidney beans), which had to be immediately disced into the ground before it dried. Tractor was our first 706D, 100 gallon tank on the hitch, and the angle iron boom was mounted as low as possible, off the front weight box. Pulled a 13ft (#37?) disc, and we shortened one of our 16 spring tooths to 12', and attached to the back of the disc- the 706D would easily pull both. Never any masks or anything, unheard of back then. We also sprayed Shed-A-Leaf defoliant to dry out and knock the leaves off the beans at harvest time, vines shriveled up and all leaves were on the ground in 3 days- I can remember guys siphoning that stuff and getting a mouthful, and spitting it on the ground. BTW, it came in a big orange drum...
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