Two mules pull a plow while women cultivate these Georgetown County fields using rakes and hoes. Photograph album of William Doyle Morgan, around 1890.

Photo courtesy South Caroliniana Library.

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Tractor and Grader | History of SC Slide Collection
Tractor and Grader | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 4

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Spartanburg County, August 1936. J.T. Hudson's land at Woodruff, South Carolina. "Tractor and grader used to construct terraces. In addition to this machine, Mr. Hudson is operating five teams with...
Okra | History of SC Slide Collection
Okra | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 5

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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...
Gullies in the Piedmont | History of SC Slide Collection
Gullies in the Piedmont | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 6

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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...
The Arnold Gully | History of SC Slide Collection
The Arnold Gully | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 7

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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)...
Strip Cropping | History of SC Slide Collection
Strip Cropping | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 8

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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...
Sorghum Cane Grinder | History of SC Slide Collection
Sorghum Cane Grinder | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 11

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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...
Summerville Tea Plantation | History of SC Slide Collection
Summerville Tea Plantation | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 21

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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...