United States, Georgia, Tift County, Tifton, 31.45046, -83.50851933/1937One of the many innovations introduced by Naomi Chapman Woodroof, an early pioneer in peanut research, was the use of bedsprings to separate peanuts from the plant during harvest. Woodroof worked at the Coastal Plain Experiment Station (later University of Georgia Tifton campus) from 1933 to 1967.Photograph showing Naomi Woodroof, an early pioneer in peanut research, using bedsprings to separate peanuts from the plant during harvest. A man sits across from her and assists her in this work. They sit on benches placed in a field.This was one of the many innovations introduced by Woodroof. Woodroof worked at the Coastal Plain Experiment Station in Tifton from 1933 to 1967.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/genetics-peanutshttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/naomi-chapman-woodroof-1900-1989Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/genetics-peanutshttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/naomi-chapman-woodroof-1900-1989Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaBiologists--Georgia--TiftonWomen biologists--Georgia--TiftonWomen botanists--Georgia--TiftonBotanists--Georgia--TiftonPlants--Georgia--TiftonCrops--Georgia--TiftonAgriculture--Georgia--TiftonTrees--Georgia--TiftonSprings (Mechanism)BedsPeanuts--Processing--Georgia--TiftonCoastal Plain Experiment StationWoodroof, Naomi C.Bedspring Peanut PickersStillImage