Image ID:  Cary24
Image Date:  Dec. 1919
Image Title:  [Man examines pine stand on outskirts of Homerville, Ga., 1919.]
Image Caption:  [Caption 1:] Homerville, Ga., outskirts to South. Old field growth of slash pine, thick & rapid growing because of origin [?] & location between road & fields. Trees 4-9" d.b.h. x about 50 ft. tall. Soil sand underlaid by clay.

[Caption 2:] Old field condition and being surrounded by fields and roads brings on the full stand free from fire and with rapid growth.

[Caption 3: View down a dirt road with a fenced pine field at left; unidentified man stands at side of road looking at pine stand. Numerous houses and buildings visible further down road; fence on right side too. Dec. 1919.]

[This image is from a collection of 37 black-and-white photographs, most of which were taken by pioneer forester Austin Cary (1865-1936) between 1918 and 1924, during his early years with the U.S. Forest Service. The photographs document forestry and turpentining practices in the pine forests of the southeastern United States.]
Photographer:  Cary, Austin, for the U.S. Forest Service
Use Restrictions:  Permission from the Forest History Society required for any use of this image.
Repository Contact Information:  Forest History Society, Inc.; 701 William Vickers Ave., Durham, NC 27701; Tel.: (919) 682-9319; Fax: (919) 682-2349.