Growing | 1981

1981 serves as a bridge between traditional agricultural methods and the high-tech, data-driven phenological studies we see today. Whether looking at the height of a cotton stem in a research plot or the stone walls of an ancient Irish field, the year provided a blueprint for how we measure growth in all its forms.

: The study established a monthly tracking system (from June through September) that became a standard for measuring the growth rate of medium-fiber cotton in regionalized plots. 2. Archaeology and Ancient Agriculture growing 1981