Nakhon Ratchasima province (Thailand), view of farm fields and forest

This set of images of Thailand was acquired by the American Geographical Society from Robert Larimore Pendleton (1890 -1957), soil scientist and Professor of Geography at John Hopkins University. The pictures were taken during Pendleton's research visits to Thailand from the mid 1930s to 1950s. Pendleton served as agricultural adviser to the United Nations FAO Mission to Siam [Thailand] in 1947-1948 and as the soil scientist at the US Mutual Security Agency's Special Technical and Economic Mission to Thailand in 1952-1953.Looking down slope on heavily culled scrub over land too poor to clear; it is useful only for fuel and for pasture. The circular area in the foreground is a sink hole. Sufficient water collects here during the rains so that padi [paddy] is raised. The light colored area beyond is where water is collected on the slope and padis [paddies]are grown. From a point about 10 miles east of Nakorn Rachasima [Nakhon Ratchasima], Northeastern T'ailand. January 1951.Grayscal