Reverse Side of Photo says: "The Lab" Tests sugar Content and Wrapping. There is a notation USDA and UFLA, but the context is not apparent. It could be that these testers are from the United States Department of Agriculture and the University of Florida, but they may also be Dickman farm employees testing against standards issued by those organizations.

Packing exhibit of clean, cut corn, ready for household use. This was Dickman's most important innovation. His goal was to eliminate the wholesale middleman and prepare vegetables from farm directly to the home table, hoping to not only reduce the price, but increase profits by eliminating wholesale middlemen. Note that this exhibit has 5 different ways that the corn was packaged.

Cellophane Wrapping Station on production line at Ruskin Vegetable Corporation. Note the mechanical nature of the wrapping machine.

Corn Processing. Filled trays placed on conveyor leading to over wrapping machine. Note each tray has Ruskin Brand.

Ruskin Vegetable Corporation: First stage of cleaning of vegetables received from the field. ON left side of trough, it looks as if either broccolli or cabbage is being washed.

Ruskin Vegetable Corporation processing line. Machine to cut full ears into sections in preparation for packaging.

Photograph of the final stages in the packing line. Cleaned, washed and trimmed vegetables are wrapped in cellophane packages and then boxed for shipment. Note than the majority of workers are women.

This book is a compilation of research conducted by George Miller, founder or Ruskin Fl and Ruskin College. Ruskin, at times mislabeled as a socialist community, is better described as an "intentional community" where like minded people lived together for a common purpose: in this case a community bounded together for educational, intellectual and communitarian pursuits. Some of Dr. Miller's thinking involves ideas of Christian Socialism best expressed in his writings. Chief among them is "The New Order of Jesus." This work helps explain some of Miller's communitarian thinking, which formed -- at least in part -- his ideas for the community of Ruskin and Ruskin College. It is NOT a new translation of the New Testament. Rather it is a monograph that explores Millers beliefs that mistranslations of the Bible relied on mistranslations of certain words in the Greek language. Exploring these in detail, Miller describes a more worldly mission for Jesus without diminishing his role as a savior figure. In the Introduction, he explicit denies this is a work of theology. but rather one of sociological construct. His main thesis is that these mistranslations led to an incorrect understanding of Jesus' mission. By correcting these mistranslations one will be aided in applying Jesus' words and missions to social conditions that needed attention in turn of the century America.