| Title |
Steel drum with cultivated patches, H40
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| Description |
A sweet potato patch near the village of Hamamoto, west-central Motobu peninsula. The 55-gallon steel drum on the right is used for storing soil and leaves that are left to ferment. The can tied with a stick leaning against the drum is used to apply the fermented slurry. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Cultivated patches, mostly used for sweet potatoes, among the outcrops of rock on an area of Brown Forest soils and Lithosols from limestone with storage drum (B39) at edge of patch. The soil is very dry."
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| Extent |
1 photographic slide |
| Date |
1947-09-16 |
| Creator |
Simonson, Roy W.
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| Location |
Hamamoto; Japan; Okinawa |
| Subject(s) |
Agriculture--Japan--Okinawa-ken; Okinawa Island (Japan) |
| Citation |
Box 1, H40 |
| Permanent Link |
https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/99226
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| Rights |
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| Terms of Use |
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| Digital Collection(s) |
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