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Item information

Title:
Forest meeting at farm of Burt Niblock, Rowan County
Description:
Transcribed from back: Farm Forestry Series by R.W. Graeber, Extension Forester. #246. 1929. Forest meeting at farm of Burt Niblock, Rowan County. County Agent, W.G. Yeager, is discussing the importance of forests to farmers and how they can be managed for profit. Mr. Niblock has been practicing timber thinning for three years as result of demonstration in his community during winter of 1926.
Topics:
Community and Extension
Forestry
Subjects:
Agricultural extension work
Farm forestry
Forest thinning
Forests and forestry -- North Carolina
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:
ua023_007-005-bx0014-010-083
Photographer:
Graeber, R. W. (Robert Walter), 1888-1967 more info on Graeber, R. W. (Robert Walter), 1888-1967 
Created Date:
Names:
North Carolina State College. School of Forestry more info on North Carolina State College. School of Forestry 
Yeager, W. G. more info on Yeager, W. G. 
Location:
Rowan County (N.C.)
Digital Project:
University Archives Photographs