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Mr. Herbie Side

Mr. Herbie Side

Mr. Herbie Side, the little red guy in the lower left corner, was a character created by Ken Frost, an SDSU Extension Weed Specialist to help educate farmers about weed control and the proper application of herbicides. Not formally trained in art, Frost worked at South Dakota State University Extension from September 1961 to October 1966. His drawings were used to illustrate Extension agronomy presentations and were also published in regional newspapers.  

 

This Herbie Side cartoon drawn with colored marker pens is titled "Sprayer Calibration." The red crop duster airplane labeled "Extension Service Weed Dept." on the side and “2,4-D" on the wing is preparing for takeoff. 2,4D is an herbicide that kills broad leaf weeds. Herbie is hurrying to place the fact sheets in the dispenser compartments on the underside of the plane before it takes off.