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agriculture, though these two notions are closely connected. In fact the discovery and
the development of peanuts in the U.S. came to a revolution in the agricultural econ-
omy.
That's why it may be interesting to learn about the life of a person who made a
large contribution in agriculture of that time and whose career and research were de-
voted to these discoveries.
d) In 1914 Carver demonstrated his experiments to the public, and increasing
numbers of the South's farmers began to turn to peanuts and sweet potatoes. Much
exhausted land was renewed, and the South became a big new supplier of agricultural
products. When Carver arrived at Tuskegee in 1896, the peanut had not even been
considered a crop, but during the next half century it became one of the six most im-
portant crops throughout the United States. In 1942 the U.S. government gave
5,000,000 acres of peanuts to fanners.
e) As it often happens to talented people, George Washington Carver was from a
very poor family. Actually, he was the son of a slave woman owned by Moses
Carver.
During the Civil War, slave owners found it difficult to hold slaves in Missouri,
and Moses Carver sent his slaves, including the young child and his mother, to Ar-
kansas. After the war, Moses Carver learned that all his slaves -had disappeared ex-
cept for a child named George. Weak and very ill, the motherless child was returned
to his owner's home and nursed back to health. The boy had a very good sense of col-
our and form and learned to draw; later in life he devoted much time to painting
flowers and plants. Though the Carvers told him. he was no longer a slave, he stayed
on their plantation until he was about 10 or 12 years old, when he left to get an educa-
tion. He spent some time working with his hands and developing his interest in plants
and animals.
f) By books and experience, George got a fragmentary education. He supported
himself by different occupations that included general household worker, hotel cook,
and farm worker. When he was 20 he obtained a high school education in Minneapo-
lis, Kansas, working as a farm-hand. After a university in Kansas refused to admit
him because he was black, Carver entered Simpson College, where he studied piano
and art, transferring to Iowa State Agricultural College, where he received a bache-
lor's degree in agricultural science followed by a "master of science" degree.
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agriculture, though these two notions are closely connected. In fact the discovery and
the development of peanuts in the U.S. came to a revolution in the agricultural econ-
omy.
That's why it may be interesting to learn about the life of a person who made a
large contribution in agriculture of that time and whose career and research were de-
voted to these discoveries.
d) In 1914 Carver demonstrated his experiments to the public, and increasing
numbers of the South's farmers began to turn to peanuts and sweet potatoes. Much
exhausted land was renewed, and the South became a big new supplier of agricultural
products. When Carver arrived at Tuskegee in 1896, the peanut had not even been
considered a crop, but during the next half century it became one of the six most im-
portant crops throughout the United States. In 1942 the U.S. government gave
5,000,000 acres of peanuts to fanners.
e) As it often happens to talented people, George Washington Carver was from a
very poor family. Actually, he was the son of a slave woman owned by Moses
Carver.
During the Civil War, slave owners found it difficult to hold slaves in Missouri,
and Moses Carver sent his slaves, including the young child and his mother, to Ar-
kansas. After the war, Moses Carver learned that all his slaves -had disappeared ex-
cept for a child named George. Weak and very ill, the motherless child was returned
to his owner's home and nursed back to health. The boy had a very good sense of col-
our and form and learned to draw; later in life he devoted much time to painting
flowers and plants. Though the Carvers told him. he was no longer a slave, he stayed
on their plantation until he was about 10 or 12 years old, when he left to get an educa-
tion. He spent some time working with his hands and developing his interest in plants
and animals.
f) By books and experience, George got a fragmentary education. He supported
himself by different occupations that included general household worker, hotel cook,
and farm worker. When he was 20 he obtained a high school education in Minneapo-
lis, Kansas, working as a farm-hand. After a university in Kansas refused to admit
him because he was black, Carver entered Simpson College, where he studied piano
and art, transferring to Iowa State Agricultural College, where he received a bache-
lor's degree in agricultural science followed by a "master of science" degree.
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