This demonstration "sold" the idea of timber thinning to Chas Rodgers and his neighbors of Rown County
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Item information
- Title:
- This demonstration "sold" the idea of timber thinning to Chas Rodgers and his neighbors of Rown County
- Description:
- Transcribed from back: Farm Forestry Series by R.W. Graeber, Extension Forester. #247. 1929. This demonstration "sold" the idea of timber thinning to Chas Rodgers and his neighbors of Rowan County. Result - 15 cords of fuelwood per acre was cut from the stunted, crippled, and over crowded trees, (otherwise "scrap") and leaving a full stand of the better, thrifty trees.
- Topics:
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Community and Extension
Forestry
- Subjects:
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Agricultural extension work
Farm forestry
Forest thinning
Forests and forestry -- North Carolina
Tree crops
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Item identifier:
- ua023_007-005-bx0014-010-085
- Photographer:
- Graeber, R. W. (Robert Walter), 1888-1967 more info on Graeber, R. W. (Robert Walter), 1888-1967
- Created Date:
- Names:
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North Carolina State College. School of Forestry
more info on North Carolina State College. School of Forestry
- Location:
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Rowan County (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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University Archives Photographs
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:
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