Then-and-now soil sampling on the Morrow Plots (IMAGE)

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Then-and-now soil sampling on the Morrow Plots

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Maia Rothman and Andrew Margenot recreate an early-1900s photo from the Morrow Plots. The pair contributed to an effort to digitize 130+ years of data from the historical site, the oldest agricultural experiment plots in the Western Hemisphere.

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Fred Zwicky and the University of Illinois Archives

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