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Title:
Burnt peat soil
Description:
Transcribed from front: Accidental Fires; HHB-672; Taken in one of the one-acre paddocks used in intensity of grazing experiment. This shows the results of the fire that burned so much of the peat soil. The stakes used to [make] one of the permanent study plots are showing. This study will have to be discontinued on account of the fire damage. Nearly 85 per cent of some of the one-acre paddocks burned to about an 18 inch depth. Taken at Wenona, North Carolina; 1/30/42.
Topics:
Agriculture
Community and Extension
Forestry
Subjects:
Forest fires -- Environmental aspects
Peat
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:
ua023_007-002-bx0004-006-004
Created Date:
Location:
Wenona (N.C.)
Digital Project:
University Archives Photographs