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1938 - USA, Agriculture: Barbour Lathrop Plant Introduction Garden & Dept. of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry

Reel Number: 221337-08

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1938

Country: USA

Location: Georgia,Savannah

TC Begins: 09:39:09

TC Ends: 09:44:20

Duration: 00:05:11

1938 - USA, Agriculture: Barbour Lathrop Plant Introduction Garden & Dept. of Agriculture Bureau of Plant IndustryExt. of Experiment Station entrance & pickup truck entering. Sign: U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry Barbour Lathrop Plant Introduction Garden (now University of Georgia Coastal Gardens). CU of splitting root of large bamboo. View of greenhouses and bags carried in. CU US Department of Agriculture sign. Agent potting small plants in clay pots & putting in name tags. 09:40:23 Blacks hoeing in orchard, White agent in sun helmet comes out and checks leaves of small tree and makes notes. Tractor planting; two students (?) checking height of young plants & take notes. 09:42:23 Large tall bamboo grove, men walk into it; cut off new young shoot and remove. With pocket knife cut and open. 09:43:42 Station buildings & car past on gravel drive. CU sign of US Biological Survey Migratory Waterfowl Refuge beside marshland. CU of grinding corn or grain. Ecology; Quarantine; Plant Research Test Gardens; Segregation; Southern Negroes; Depression; NOTE: Will sell two cards (09:39:09 - 09:50:16) at per reel rate if requested.

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