Reading the Rings Part 2

1. In what year did the tree sprout?


2. In what year was it cut down?


3. In what year did a fire damage the tree?


4. How many years did it take for the dead branch to be covered?


5. In what year did a drought begin?  


6. How long did the drought last?


7. How old was the tree when it was cut down? 


8. The farmhouse was abandoned in 1933 only three years after it was built.
    Look at the core sample around the year 1933.  What was happening?