Keywords: Topaz, Utah. Because the soil is dead , as the Japanese farmers, now residents at the Topaz Center . . . - NARA - 538687.tif Scope and content The full caption for this photograph reads Topaz Utah Because the soil is dead as the Japanese farmers now residents at the Topaz Center say meaning because of the mineral content there is no bacterial life in the soil much soil preparation must be done to raise food crops at Topaz Here a group of farmers are preparing beds by building up 10 bank of soil overlaying this with about 4 of barnyard fertilizers and then completing the stack to 20 of soil The bacterial action of warmth and moisture will make this a rich soil which can then be spread over the fields to raise their bacterial content General notes 538687 Local identifier 210-G-E22 Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority 02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946 NARA-Author Parker Tom Photographer 4682167 <br /> Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 1942-10-17 Record group Record Group 210 Records of the War Relocation Authority 1941 - 1989 Record group ARC 537 Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority compiled 1942 - 1945 Series ARC 536000 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWDNS-210-G-E22 yes Other versions <gallery> File Topaz _Utah _Because_the_soil_is_dead_ _as_the_Japanese_farmers _now_residents_at_the_Topaz_Center_ _ _ _-_NARA_-_538687 tif tif File Topaz _Utah _Because_the_soil_is_dead_ _as_the_Japanese_farmers _now_residents_at_the_Topaz_Center_ _ _ _-_NARA_-_538687 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov NARA TIF images with categorized JPGs Topaz War Relocation Center |