4 THE MANGUM TEERACE. 



are to be used, a system of terracing whereby it is possible to plow 

 across fields of medium slope regardless of terrace banks is highly 

 desirable. This point can not be too strongly emphasized, and its 

 importance to southern farms can hardly be exaggerated. The 

 Mangum terrace system permits cultivation of the entire field. With 

 this system in more general use, millions of acres could be cultivated 

 w'ith 2-row cultivators where under man}' of the systems of terracing 

 at present it is possible to use only a 1-horse outfit, and even then do 

 unsatisfactory work. 



ADAPTATION OF MANGUM SYSTEM TO SOUTHERN CONDITIONS. 



As before noted, the system of terracing here described was origi- 

 nated and has been in use on the Mangum farm at Wake Forest, 



Fig. 1. — The old-style terrace system — land wasting, labor wasting, and pest breeding. 



N. C, for about 30 years, during which period it has given entire 

 satisfaction. It is now found in use from the upper Coastal Plain 

 in North Carolina far into the mountain region in the western part 

 of the State. It is not, however, universally practiced between these 

 points. 



The Mangum terrace is simple in construction, permanent in 

 character, and lends itself easily to the use of modern labor-saving 

 machinery. The system has been sufficiently tried to thoroughly 

 demonstrate its merits and practicability under a wide range of 

 conditions. It is a system which should be known and practiced not 

 only throughout much of North Carolina but in regions of similar 

 topography and climatic conditions in the other Southern States. 

 The use of the Mangum terrace becomes all the more a matter of 

 oeneral interest when it is recalled that the future use of labor- 



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