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[Compost heap, Takalafiya, c.1939], 1939

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/47

Scope and Contents

Showing waste being dug into a compost heap for eventual use as fertiliser in the forest nursery. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Offal and other waste material from the butcher's slabs goes directly into a compost pit from which the cimpost [sic] is eventually taken for use as fertiliser in the forest nursery. In the nursery are grown fruit and shade trees for distribution to the people'.

Dates

  • 1939

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Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Good condition.

Former / Other Reference

DW.2131

General

SG.

Finding aid date

2003-10-23 17:01:13+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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