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Item information

Title:
After blasting demonstration
Description:
Transcribed from back: "After the Blast"; Stump shattered and removed for 70 [cents]. Farmers at the meeting estimated that it would cost $3.50 to have it dug and split; Transcribed from accompanying material: March 12, 1927; Blasting demonstration, Hertford County; Showing a green stump loaded with pyrotol, the blast and the results. Removed fro [$0.70] as compared with $3.50 to dig it out.
Topics:
Agriculture
Community and Extension
Subjects:
Blasting
Clearing of land
Crop science
Farms
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:
ua023_007-006-bx0017-010-002
Created Date:
Location:
Hertford County (N.C.)
Digital Project:
University Archives Photographs