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Title:
Green stump before blasting demonstration
Description:
Transcribed from back: "A green stump"; 2 1/2 [foot] in [diameter], loaded with 75 [cent] pyrotol; Blasting Demonstration; Note: Wire in foreground leading from powder to the blasting machine; "Before the Blast"; 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
Stumpwood
Teaching demonstrations
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:
ua023_007-006-bx0017-010-004
Created Date:
Location:
Hertford County (N.C.)
Digital Project:
University Archives Photographs