任教於塔斯提吉學院

在卡佛剛到塔斯提吉學院時，農業系還不是該校知名的系所，學生們將農業系和僅能種植餬口作物的貧窮農夫們連結在一起。

但卡佛是個受過訓練的科學家，且將農業研究視為一種科學，對他來說，農業就是真實生活中的植物學（針對植物的研究）與化學理論，卡佛指導學生們必須尊重農業技術，該系所也逐漸茁壯。

該科系並未培育出許多農夫，反而指導出多位老師，這些年輕的老師正好能透過農業科學知識的傳佈、指導所有的黑人農夫，藉以幫助塔斯提吉學院完成其幫助所有非裔美國人的任務。

Before Carver arrived, agriculture was not a popular subject at Tuskegee. Students associated it with the poverty of people who farmed only to grow enough food to survive.

But Carver was a trained scientist, and he treated the study of agriculture as a science. For him, agriculture was about real-life botany (the study of plants) and chemistry. Carver taught students respect for agriculture, and the department grew.

While the department didn't produce many farmers, it did produce many teachers. These young teachers were able to help fulfill the Tuskegee mission to help all African Americans by going out into the world and spreading their knowledge of agricultural science with black farmers.

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