Arab women in shed grade and pack the dates. Roller slides used for moving date boxes. Testing machine for packing seeded dates. Dates are pressed into a solid pack with the help of another date press. Nailing tops on boxes. Workers give expression to their gaiety in an Arab war dance.
Workers on camels transport dates to Persia and Arabian Desert. Arab local lifting water from 'charad' (a native water lift) with the help of a cow. Workers cultivate date garden and cut date offshoots in Basra. Packing offshoots for shipment to the United States Department of Agriculture.
Workers harvest the Zaheedy variety of dates with the help of trays and pick fruits from bunches. They pack Kustaway dates into date leaves sack at Bacuba, Baghdad. Workman trim old leaf stub at Beled Ruz, Baghdad. Worker pick small lots of fresh dates in basket for immediate consumption.