Drs. Paul Rieke and Jim Beard hold a vertical strip of sod at Halmich's Sod Farm, Michigan, 1967

Drs. James Beard and Paul Rieke show off a harvested strip of sod during a field day at Halmich's Sod Farm, East Lansing, Michigan, surrounded by rolls of sod on a very rich muck soil.

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In Collections: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive

Copyright Status: In Copyright

Date: 1967-06

Photographers: Watson, James, 1920-2013

Subjects: Turf management
Turfgrasses
North America--United States--Michigan--East Lansing
Grass
Beard, James
Rieke, Paul
Halmich's Sod Farm (East Lansing, Michigan)
Sod truck

Turfgrass Thesaurus Terms: Sod production
Muck soils
Sod strength
Sod removal
Rolled sod
Sod cleavage plane

Material Type: Slides (photographs)

Language: No linguistic content

Extent: 1 slide : color ; 36 x 24 mm

Note: Photographer uncertain
Image taken on Kodachrome.

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