At 19, She Bought the Farm No Man Wanted — Her 'Crazy' Crop Made History"

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At 19, She Bought the Farm No Man Wanted — Her 'Crazy' Crop Made History" At 19, Eleanor Vance bought 28 acres of waterlogged clay soil that every farmer in Wisconsin called worthless. While everyone laughed, she planted a "crazy" tropical crop that wasn't supposed to grow in the Midwest. 20 years l