Cultivation across a field with terraces built under the direction of an Agricultural Extension Station county agent at Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) in Lee County, ca. 1928. Use of the AAES-developed Nichols terrace allowed efficient tillage practices, as illustrated by this disking scene.
Terraced Cultivation in AAES Field
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Courtesy of Auburn University Libraries
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