George and Emmett Turbyfill studying timber estimation on their forestry club project, 1927
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Item information
- Title:
- George and Emmett Turbyfill studying timber estimation on their forestry club project, 1927
- Description:
- Transcribed from back: Farm Forestry Series by R.W. Graeber, Extension Forester #110, 1927. George and Emmett Turbyfill studying timber estimation on their forestry club project. County Agent J.W. Hendricks acting as instructor. These boys were the first Forestry club boys in North Carolina. From a pure stand of Virginia pine they cut 12 cords of thinnings and left 893 trees per acres. This project is not completed as approximately 300 more trees will be removed during the coming season.
- Topics:
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Community and Extension
Forestry
- Subjects:
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Forest management
Scrub pine (Pinus virginiana)
Young farmers' clubs
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Item identifier:
- ua023_007-008-bx0028-001-006
- Photographer:
- Graeber, R. W. (Robert Walter), 1888-1967 more info on Graeber, R. W. (Robert Walter), 1888-1967
- Created Date:
- Location:
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Maiden (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
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- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
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