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    Holden’s Ideal Corn Tester

    Jul 12, 2019 2 minutes
    By Jim Lacey

    Some time back, my brother Ted was at an auction in Trent, South Dakota, a small town just east of us. After the sale, he came out, unloaded this little wood creation and said, “This is your combination Christmas and birthday present!”

    So, I, a bound volume of a weekly farm magazine out of Sioux City for 1911, given to me in 1957 by a dear old lady who knew I had an interest in all things old.

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