Who did the first aerial crop-dusting—mechanized agricultural farming?

The first AERIAL CROP-DUSTING was carried on behalf of the Ohio Agricultural Experimental Station by Lt. John B. Macready using a Cruise JN6 light aircraft to dust 6-acre catalpa grave infested with leaf caterpillars, at Troy, Ohio on 3 August, 1921. Two days later, the insects were found destroyed.

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