822 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.