Farmers Got Free Explosive from County Agent, Jan. 1, 1925

When County Agent R.B. Reeves of Pitt County delivered 45,000 pounds of pyrotol to his farmers during the last week in November, he saved them $6,750 when compared to the cost of dynamite.

From page 6 of the Carolina Jeffersonian, Raleigh, N.C., January 1, 1925. County agents distributed explosives left over from World War I to farmers who used explosives for jobs like removing tree stumps from their fields.

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