The virgin fertility of our soils and the vast amount of un… - George Washington Carver

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The virgin fertility of our soils and the vast amount of unskilled labor have been more of a curse than a blessing to agriculture. This exhaustive system for cultivation, the destruction of forest, the rapid and almost constant decomposition of organic matter, have made our agricultural problem one requiring more brains than of the North, East or West.

George Washington Carver

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George Washington Carver (12 July 1864 – 5 January 1943) was an African-American botanist who worked in agricultural extension in the southern United States.

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Alternative Names: Carver • George Carver • G. W. Carver • George W. Carver • Geo. W. Carver

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