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A researcher at the Georgia Experiment Station in Griffin plows a field behind a three-mule team in 1900. Around this time, scientists at the station developed the deep furrow method of planting winter oats, a technique that saved millions of dollars for farmers in the South.

Courtesy of University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Georgia Experiment Station

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