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13177_6939_the_south2

1956
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MS of farmer plowing land with tractor. Animated map showing different farming regions geographically. Fruit belt, orange and sugar cane. Man picking oranges in tree and man shucking sugar cane. Truck farming belt on east coast. Vegetable farm. Black and white men lifting and sorting vegetable bales. Mixed vegetable belt. WS of corn field. Southern Appalachia area. White family lifting crates of apples. Cotton belt. Machine picking cotton driving through field. Compacted cotton being lifted. Cotton processing facility. Tobacco facility with primarily all black workers. White ranchers with cows and chickens. A horse drawn plow showing a tenant/independent farmer. Shot of tarnished/eroded soil. Farmer pours fertilizer or seed into back of tractor and drives down dirt field.