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Show Melon Farmer Profits By Using Yoke of Oxen CARMI, m. Jasper Brown, 82-year-old melon farmer of Simpson's Switch, has profited from an idea which .came to his mind following the March 18, 1925, cyclone. Large crowds of sightseers gathered gath-ered at the scene of the cyclone, and most of them lingered longer at Brown's place than at any other because be-cause Brown was using a yoke of oxen that day to clear away debris. The oxen drew more attention than the cyclone damage. There has been a team of oxen on the Brown melon farm since then. He says the present team is his twelfth. He uses his oxen to draw attention to the melons. "People stop and look at the oxen, which I use in the fields, and then they buy some melons from me. "Quite often some pretty girl wants her picture taken with me and that, of course, is always a pleasure." Brown has taken part In several events In which he appeared with his yoke as a "forty-niner in the great gold rush". Among the towns in which he has appeared are Evansville, Milwaukee and Vincen-nes. |