Sharecropper Cultivating Southeast Missouri Farms May 1938

A former sharecropper works diligently with a cultivator on Southeast Missouri Farms in New Madrid County, Missouri. Taken in May 1938, this image is part of the FSA/OWI Collection, which documents agricultural practices in the United States. Sharecropping was a common method for land use in the South during the early 20th century.

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