Event
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL ON WHEELS
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Fee:
Free.Dates & Times
Date:
Sunday, September 26, 2021
Time:
11:00 AM
Duration:
1 hour
Type of Event
Talk
Description
In the early 1900s remote tenant farmers in southern Alabama had a hard time keeping up with farming techniques until the Agricultural School on Wheels came to town! Learn more about this innovative solution to rural farm education that George Washington Carver helped design.
Reservation or Registration: No
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