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Item information

Title:
Foresters measuring longleaf pine seedling
Description:
Transcribed from back: Farm Forestry Series, 1936, By Rufus H. Page, Jr., [Assistant] Extension Forester; Mr. J. G. Yates and Assistant Agent Marsh measuring Longleaf pine seedling for one season's growth. Mr. Yates set one acre of these pines in 1934. Estimated survival in 1936, 80 percent. Wilson County.
Topics:
Community and Extension
Forestry
Subjects:
Agricultural extension work
Forests and forestry
Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)
Trees -- Measurement
Trees -- Seedlings
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:
ua023_007-008-bx0034-007-014
Photographer:
Page, Rufus H. more info on Page, Rufus H. 
Created Date:
Location:
Wilson County (N.C.)
Digital Project:
University Archives Photographs