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Agriculture has always been an important part of our lives here in South Carolina! 

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Summerville Tea Plantation | History of SC Slide Collection

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Summerville Tea Plantation | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 21
One of the more unusual agricultural ventures in South Carolina has been the successful tea plantation located in Summerville. Here in the Pinehurst Tea Gardens are the fragile tea plants in the...
Sorghum Cane Grinder | History of SC Slide Collection

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Sorghum Cane Grinder | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 11
A Native American family near Summerville uses a sorghum cane grinder in their yard. Photograph by Marion Post, January 1939, for the Farm Security Administration. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana...
Strip Cropping | History of SC Slide Collection

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Strip Cropping | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 8
Although kudzu was an effective method for healing serious erosion problems, the Department of Agriculture and county agricultural agents sought to prevent that erosion in the first place. One method...
The Arnold Gully | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Arnold Gully | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 7
The Arnold gully, four miles west of Woodruff on Buncombe Road, South Tiger Erosion Project. The gully in the photo was measured at 20 feet deep (before treatment with kudzu, it had been 35 feet deep)...
Gullies in the Piedmont | History of SC Slide Collection

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Gullies in the Piedmont | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 6
Erosion photographs taken about 1935 by the Department of Agriculture. The caption says, "Active roadside gully formed in old roadbed. Note new location of roadbed. This is the way many gullies in the...
Okra | History of SC Slide Collection

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Okra | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 5
Okra was a crop first brought to South Carolina from Africa. It is now a staple of southern cooking, widely used to thicken stews and gumbos. Here it is harvested around 1970 at the Clemson experiment...
Mulberry House and Street

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Mulberry House and Street
Episode 7
"Mulberry House and Street," painted by Thomas Coram around 1800, shows a typical mid-18th century South Carolina plantation. The "great House," while elegant, was not necessarily the enormous...