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AGRICULTURAL RELIEF 
Mr. HoLLiNgsworTH. Yes. I can show you why excess nitrogen 
causes all insects; and when you take 240 pounds per acre of minerals 
out of the soil whenever you produce a crop of grain you are inviting 
your insects. As well as being a plasterer, I am a chemist and an 
engineer. 
Mr. CLARKE. And geologist? 
Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH. Yes, geologist and biologist; and I walked 
across the United States in 51 days and discovered 300 different 
forms of granite in the United States, and I have got the samples 
to prove it. 
Gentlemen, I am going to give you a little revelation. 1 am the 
man who was put in the feeble-minded asylum in 1877 under a 
German gardener, and there is where I got my rudiments of soil 
conditions—>51 years ago. I am going to give you a little something 
to think about. You have been listening to a lot of technical stuff; 
I will give you a little physical example of human endeavor. 
My mother was born in Lancaster, Ohio, and my father was born 
in Monticello, Ill., and I got my soil education in Lincoln, Ill., at the 
feeble-minded asylum where my grandmother put me to get, rid of 
me. I am going to give you a nice little interesting story. I learned 
my trade at Plymouth, Ill, in 1881, and I have had the experience 
of farming in the Indian Territory, right next to Robert L. Owen’s 
ranch—I ran that 1,000-acre wheat farm in the nineties right next to 
Robert L. Owen’s 3,000-acre wheat ranch; and I plastered and 
built more houses than any other man in the United States, at that. 
Mr. ApkiNs. You were born in my district. I was wondering 
how you got out of the feeble-minded stitution? 
Mr. HouuiNgswortH. How did I? Do you know the reason? 
There were more feeble-minded people there than I was; that is the 
reason. [Laughter] I answer them just like that. [Renewed 
laughter. 
Gentlemen, let me admit that yesterday I was out of place when 
I called Mr. Connally down ; but it came in so good I could not refrain; 
and you know sometimes a man has to use his privilege when it is out 
of place. But we are now going on about our farming centers and 
how the farming center can function to help us out of our dilemma. 
Mr. ADKINS. One minute. You said you had the largest farm 
organization in the world. How many members do you have? 
Mr. HoruingswortH. I said we would have. I said it would be 
the largest farm organization in the world. We have only 123,000 
members now, but it will be the largest farm organization in the 
world. Why? Because the Hollingsworth Civic Center Township 
Association does this one thing: It eliminates waste; it functions in 
bringing about an equilization in all farm products. That is one of 
the things I started to do when I came back from Europe. How 
does it do it? This is the organization that this committee has been 
looking for, I know that. But it takes time to get here and explain 
the proposition to you people. This is the way it is done. 
Mr. Jones. Excuse me just a moment. The gentleman said he 
was only going to take five minutes. 
The CuaRMAN. Mr. Hollingsworth, you have the privilege of 
extending your remarks, if you so desire. | 
Mr. HorrinaswortH. All right; thank you very much. 
The CHAIRMAN. We will now hear you, Mr. McKeown.