Bedding potatoes on the farm of J. H. Dail, Chowan County, North Carolina
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Item information
- Title:
- Bedding potatoes on the farm of J. H. Dail, Chowan County, North Carolina
- Description:
- Written on verso: The bed was prepared by plowing and digging out a pit about 6 inches deep. Four inches of manure was placed in the pit and covered with 2 in. of soil. After bedding the potatoes, they were covered with one of fine soil and a mulch of manure covered over the bed to prevent drying and injury from cold.
- Topics:
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Agriculture
- Subjects:
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Farmers
Plowing
Potatoes
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Extent:
- 9 x 11 cm
- Item identifier:
- 0050289
- Created Date:
- circa to
- Genre:
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Action photographs
- Location:
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Chowan County (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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University Archives Photographs
Living Off the Land
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Collection:
- University Archives Photograph Collection. Agricultural Extension and Research services (UA023.007) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).
- Funding:
- Digitization of this material was made possible, in part, through the support of the North Carolina Farm Bureau, the North Carolina Tobacco Foundation, and the North Carolina Tobacco Research Commission.