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P. J. Rood

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TypePerson
ErasModern era
On this page
Person
Active
fl. 1932
Work
In charge of Soils Extension, Michigan State College
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
agricultureenvironmenteconomyheritage

Summary

P. J. Rood was identified in a September 1932 report as being in charge of Soils Extension at Michigan State College. The article says he spent August 26 and 27 on Beaver Island with County Agent B. C. Mellencamp, taking 21 soil samples and examining subsoil in preparation for agricultural analysis.1

Evidence and limits

The source supplies only Rood’s initials, surname, institutional role, and episode connection. It does not provide a full given name, age, residence, later career, or the underlying college field report.

Open questions

  • What did “P. J.” stand for, and which Michigan State records identify Rood?
  • Where are the laboratory analyses and soils map produced from the visit?

See also

Footnotes

  1. Charlevoix County Herald, September 2, 1932, “FIVE FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS STARTED ON BEAVER ISLAND.” ↩

Sources

  1. Charlevoix County Herald, September 2, 1932, “FIVE FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS STARTED ON BEAVER ISLAND.”
    Identifies P. J. Rood as in charge of Soils Extension at Michigan State College and says he collected the 21 Beaver Island soil samples with County Agent Mellencamp. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    charlevoix · Charlevoix_County_Herald_1932-09-02

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 2 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “P. J. Rood”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/p-j-rood/, accessed [date], citing Charlevoix County Herald, September 2, 1932, “FIVE FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS STARTED ON BEAVER ISLAND.”.

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