Farmers and farm boys attending a meeting at the Bob Scott Forest Plantation

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Title:
Farmers and farm boys attending a meeting at the Bob Scott Forest Plantation
Description:
Transcribed from back of photo: Farm Forestry Series 1931 by R.W. Graeber, Extension Forester 410 - Sixty-one farmers and farm boys from four counties attended this meeting in the "Bob Scott Forest Plantation" at the Piedmont Experiment Station, Statesville, N.C. Jan. 21, 1931. In this planting experiment we have 6 acres of pines growing on eroded red land too poor to cultivate. The planting included longleaf, loblolly, shortleaf, and slash.
Topics:
Community and Extension
Forestry
Subjects:
Agricultural experiment stations
Farmers
Field experiments -- North Carolina
Forests and forestry -- North Carolina
Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda)
Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)
Shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata)
Slash pine
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:
ua023_007-005-bx0015-008-004
Created Date:
Names:
Graeber, R. W. (Robert Walter), 1888-1967 more info on Graeber, R. W. (Robert Walter), 1888-1967 
North Carolina State University. College of Forest Resources more info on North Carolina State University. College of Forest Resources 
Piedmont Experiment Station (Salisbury, N.C.) more info on Piedmont Experiment Station (Salisbury, N.C.) 
Location:
Statesville (N.C.)
Digital Project:
University Archives Photographs