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Title:
Students piling wood from timber thinning
Description:
Transcribed from back: Farm Forestry Series [#439] By R.W. Graeber, Extension Forester; Farm Boys from the Rutherfordton High School piling wood thinned from 1/10 acre at the farm of J. C. Buff. After measurement result they found tat they had taken a harvest of 1.5 cords or 15 cords per acre from these cull trees, and leaving a double crop of 350 trees per acre for future harvests. THIN TIMBER IT PAYS.
Topics:
Community and Extension
Forestry
Subjects:
Forest management
Forest thinning
Students
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:
ua023_007-008-bx0036-003-010
Photographer:
Graeber, R. W. (Robert Walter), 1888-1967 more info on Graeber, R. W. (Robert Walter), 1888-1967 
Created Date:
Location:
Rutherford County (N.C.)
Digital Project:
University Archives Photographs