A bed of 2-1 Jack pines at the Bessey Nursery ready for planting in spring of 1924. The beds are 6 ft. wide, rows 6" apart and trees 1 1/2" apart in the row. Note the galvanized trough at the right into which irrigation water is pumped by a gasoline engine from the adjacent river. Flood irrigation is used, the water being taken from the trough to the beds in a big canvas hose 8" in diameter treated with linseed oil to preserve from rotting
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Location: average distance Identification: exact ground location unclear, appears unknowable One person present, name unknown
Type
image
Identifier
fritz_metcalf-1462
Subject
Nebraska National Forest (Neb.) National forests - Nebraska - Nebraska National Forest Nurseries Seed beds Pinus banksiana Nebraska
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