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a banker and also a doctor, he ha*an unusual view of soil conservation, not only from a financial point of view, but from a“health” viewpoint. Let me quote Dr. Nichols: ,“My great great grandfather lived in South Carolina. He had2,000 acres of very rich land. He was a successful farmer. He made a lot ol money growing cotton and tobacco. He built a big hou e, raised and educated a large family. But when his son^ were grown they found the land was no longer making good crops and the farm was no longer making money. So mv great grandfather took the advice of Horace Greeley and he “went west’’. He moved to Tennessee where he found a large fertile farm. He did exactly the same thing that his father had done. He was aman, 6 ft, 6 in. and weighed 350 pounds. He was very industrious, worked hard, made a lot of money, built a big house, raised and educated a big family. When his sons were grown they found the farm had been literally minedtv, At Kansas, aowrn in tne .Mississippi delta He bought a rich farmand the same old thing started all over again He built a big hou.-e in town where we also had a general store But by the time 1 w as grown, ail the profits fromneipmg in tne cost ot a girls health examination Talks and demonstrations following the meeting were: Colleen Wenger-—How' to make a pow dered sugar frosting, Cynthia Peters—How to make confectioner’sNo sir — you Just can’t buy a BKTTF.R six-foot C ombine than the lime testedOLIVER MODEL 15
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Boone News Republican
Boone, Iowa, US
Tue, Jul 06, 1954
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