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Show In These United States Ford Is 'Heap Perter, 9 Says Georgia Neighbor RICHMOND HILL, GA. Henry Ford, the motor magnate, mag-nate, looks a "heap perter" than he did when he came to his Georgia plantation, according to one of his plantation workers. Ford is now 84 years- old, but he is still keenly interested in experimentation in all lines, especially crops. : . ' "A I " it ' . . . 1 K ; ' ' 1 ; You ought to see him get around3 the plantation," the plantation work- I er said. "He'll go over to the school at recess time and all the young ones take out after him like biddies running after a mama hen. They're crazy about Mr. Ford." As for his neighbors well, they have found that Mr. Ford is just another farmer and that means they think he's all right. The plantation, under management manage-ment of G. F. Gregory, is experimenting experi-menting with a celery crop this year. Gregory said he was putting in i 14 acres of celery which should be marketable in June when celery is scarce on the market and brings a good price. The Ford farm has 200 acres of lettuce lust beginning to head up. An oyster ranch on the lower part of the plantation is producing again this year, the first time in several years since the beds were ruined by a fresh water flood. Although he has recently sold some of his farms, Mr. Ford has maintained an interest in agricultural agricul-tural experiment for many years. He has helped develop many plants that could be used for rubber, for plastics, and other industrial purposes. pur-poses. Through the years he has continued to search for new crops and new uses for those crops. HENRY FORD |