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Title:
Timber thinning demonstration
Description:
Transcribed from back: Farm Forestry Series #247, By R. W. Graeber--Extension Forester; This demonstration "sold" the idea of timber thinning to Chas. Rodgers and his neighbors of Rowan County. Results--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:
Community and Extension
Forestry
Subjects:
Forest management
Forest thinning
Teaching demonstrations
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:
ua023_007-008-bx0032-012-028
Photographer:
Graeber, R. W. (Robert Walter), 1888-1967 more info on Graeber, R. W. (Robert Walter), 1888-1967 
Created Date:
Location:
Rowan County (N.C.)
Digital Project:
University Archives Photographs