The peanut man (1)
“George can make sick plants well. He’s a plant doctor,” farmers in Missouri said. George carver was a young boy then. But farmers sent for him when their crops did not grow well. Women asked his help when their roses were not good in the spring.
George was born a slave in 1862. As a child, wholesale replica designer handbags, he was not allowed to attend the school near his home. But he was always asking questions.
“Why are flower by changing the seed?” he would ask. “Can you change the color of a flower by changing the seed? What makes rain fall?
No one he knew could answer such questions. George tried to find answers for himself. Some of the answers were in books, so he taught himself to read. At 14, wholesale designer handbags, he went to school for first time.
He never stopped learning. Even when he was 80, he was still asking questions and finding answers. One thing he found out about was peanuts. This story tells how the got the name “the peanut man”.
Dr Carver knew that farming must change in the south. For 100 years, wholesale coach handbags, most farmers had grown only cotton. But cotton crops had used up the plant food in the soil. Farmers became poorer and poorer each year.
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