Caption: Date: 1975-10
Location: Pokhara, Kaski
Description: Preparing fields for cultivation. Man in foreground is standing on a board pulled by two cows to break clods that have been created by hand hoeing the hard packed winter soil. Dark piles on the fields are leaves gathered in nearby woods or other compost to mix into the soil as part of the preparation process. Note banana palms in back left. Keywords: Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, Peter Von Mertens, agriculture, plowing
