Agriculture

Saline County Century Farm: Farm owner recalls when farmers depended on horses that 'knew what to do' (04/01/08)
Bill Conner remembers, as a young boy, working with teams of horses his grandfather, Will Conner, probably trained. "What I actually did when I drove the team was just harrow the ground," he said, adding they didn't disc back then, only plowing and harrowing before planting...

Saline County Century Farm: Phillips recalls days when Marshall square was main market for farm produce (03/25/08)
Charles Phillips remembers when they took the produce they raised on their farm to town, selling it at Latimer's grocery store, which was located on the north side of the square. "The square used to be a shopping mall," said Phillips. He married his wife, Wilma Ruth Harris, in 1942 and eventually took over farming from her parents, Giles Thomas and Ruth Harris. ...

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