Clarence Cross Gentleman Farmer

Clarence Cross

Clarence Cross Gentlemen Farmer provides historical insight into Southern life as experience by several generations of the Cross family beginning in the early 1800s. The heavily illustrated book covers more than 150 years, which includes the Civil War, World War 1, and World War II, and the stories and the photos shared are rich with history. What began as a simple farm in South Georgia became Cross Farms and then Jo-Su-Li, Incorporated, which spanned over five thousand acres. Clarence Cross made changes to the American Hereford Industry and owned the largest herd east of the Mississippi River. From his first Registered Hereford and his crops of diversified cattle, hogs, cotton, peanuts, tobacco, and timber, Cross had the knowledge, the foresight, and the drive to make his dream a reality, which he shared graciously with all those in his life. Yes, indeed Clarence Cross was a cattleman, a philanthropist, and a Southern gentleman farmer from whom we can learn much! Much of this story is in the words of Clarence Cross as the family taped him for thirty years. The collection can be found at The Georgia Historical Society in Savannah.

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