The Artist, Edmond Amateis, completed the bas-relief sculpture in 1953 for the front entrance of the former Veteran's Administration Regional office (VARO) in Columbia, SC. When the building was in use, veterans and employees walked by this agriculture themed sculpture as they entered the building to receive assistance with certain benefits. It is not known why he was chosen, but most seem to think he was chosen because of his past works sculpting war memorials and his FAP artwork. The original contract of the sculpture, Agriculture, was signed by Amateis & representatives of the Public Buildings Service of the General Services Administration reveal nothing of the agreed upon theme of the sculpture. It does however show his mockups of the sculpture in clay and plaster and was his intentions were. Amateis had to redesign the sculpture many times because of lighting, shadowing, and detail works that did not work in the beginning because of those obstacles. The bas relief sculpture extends outward from the front elevation but it also rests on a 21 inch high embedded pedestal, raising it off the ground level and requiring the viewer to look up to it.  The 10x10 ft square sculpture is also made of rough white granite and is surrounded by flat granite panels that are polished smooth and appear a shade darker than than sculpture that also contrasts with the red bricks of the building. The title of the work, Clemson Instructing the Farmers in Scientific Agriculture, provides Clemson standing on a cotton bale, gesturing with his left hand to a book that he holds in his right, like Moses offering the tablets of the Ten Commandments. He holds the attention of the farmers who have paused in their work with each one still holding their harvest or maintaining an animal. The depiction of tobacco, corn, fruits, cotton, and farm animals have the explicit meaning of being representative of the cash crops that are grown in SC.