Re: More on Soil Quality

John Evans (john@hillnet.com)
Sat, 22 Apr 1995 15:56:03 -0400 (EDT)

On Sat, 22 Apr 1995, Charles Benbrook wrote:

> My favorite passage in the Leopold Center roundtable piece is a
> comment by former Pres. of Practical Farmers of Iowa, Tom Frantzen, who said:
> "If you'd ask me what I think is the healthiest soil on our farm,
> I would tell you that I think I could find it and I would not need my
> eyes nor any of my senses other than my ears. You might laugh at this,
> but my daughter and I have been out in a chunk of pasture that's been
> seeded down for seven years under intensive management. If conditions
> are right, I can hear the earthworms."

I was not sure of the date to cite for this quote so I put April 22nd,
and said "... Tom Frantzen said recently: ...."

Does this need to be changed?

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John