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Equipment used to determine soil moisture.  Note plexiglas board with tier of phonejacks and phone plug from an amperage meter.
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: experimental forest
soil
water
Location: Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas
Description: Equipment used to determine soil moisture. Note plexiglas board with tier of phonejacks and phone plug from an amperage meter.
Date: 6/1960

Rainfall exclusion study, on the CEF in the late 1950s or early 1960s.
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: experimental forests
soils
rainfall
Location: Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas
Description: Rainfall exclusion study, on the CEF in the late 1950s or early 1960s.
Date: 1960s?

Ditching around pine tree with sheet metal inserted.  Note the sprinkler hose coiled around the trunk.
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: experimental forest
root
soil
water
Organisms: pine
Location: Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas
Description: Ditching around pine tree with sheet metal inserted. Note the sprinkler hose coiled around the trunk.
Date: 1958

Lateral root extension for a 17-year-old loblolly pine.
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: experimental forest
root
soil
Organisms: loblolly pine
Location: Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas
Description: Lateral root extension for a 17-year-old loblolly pine.
Date: 3/1/1956

Exposing pine roots for study.
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: experimental forest
root
soil
Organisms: pine
Location: Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas
Description: Exposing pine roots for study.
Date: 6/1955

Caption reads:  "Scientists at the Crossett Timber Management Laboratory are studying the effect of growing season soil moisture on type of wood formed in genetically controlled loblolly pine seedlings.  Tubes permit soil moisture determinations with a neutron moisture meter.  I.V. Childress in photo."
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: experimental forest
personnel
soils
research techniques
Location: Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas
Description: Caption reads: "Scientists at the Crossett Timber Management Laboratory are studying the effect of growing season soil moisture on type of wood formed in genetically controlled loblolly pine seedlings. Tubes permit soil moisture determinations with a neutron moisture meter. I.V. Childress in photo."
Date: unknown