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Man plowing his field as a part of a 4-H club peanut project

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Provided by the Green 'N' Growing Collection (The History of Home Demonstration and 4-H Youth Development in North Carolina), Special Collections, North Carolina State University Libraries

Date created
1947
Location
Chowan County, North Carolina
License
Copyright unknown.
Source
Original image housed by North Carolina State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center

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  • Farmville's choice: In this lesson, students will learn about rural life in North Carolina at the turn of the century. Home demonstration and 4H clubs implemented many programs to help people learn better farming techniques, ways of preserving food, and taking care of the home. Several North Carolina leaders went to great lengths to ensure the success of these programs. In part of this activity, students help the town of Farmville dedicate a monument to one of those people. (Page 2.2)
  • Farmville's choice: In this lesson, students will learn about rural life in North Carolina at the turn of the century. Home demonstration and 4H clubs implemented many programs to help people learn better farming techniques, ways of preserving food, and taking care of the home. Several North Carolina leaders went to great lengths to ensure the success of these programs. In part of this activity, students help the town of Farmville dedicate a monument to one of those people. (Page 7.3)

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man plowing his field as a part of a 4-H club peanut project

This black and white photo shows an unidentified man plowing his field as a part of a 4-H club peanut project in Chowan County, North Carolina. He is standing behind the plow, guiding it as his horse pulls. The man is walking away from the camera.