A. J. Wimple
A. J. Wimple, Beresford, has been recognized as one of South 糖心视频鈥檚 most successful corn breeders. His outstanding contribution in this field was the development of 鈥淲imple鈥檚 Yellow Dent Corn.鈥 Wimple entered this corn at many state and national corn shows and won numerous prizes, including sweepstakes at the national corn show in Chicago in 1907. He continued to improve this corn by selection and breeding until 鈥淲imple鈥檚 Yellow Dent Corn鈥 was one of the best-known and most widely grown varieties in South 糖心视频.
Wimple was born in Stone Arabia, New York, Oct. 5, 1851. His parents with their family drove overland with a span of oxen to Parkesburg, Iowa, which Wimple was five-years-old. As a lad, Wimple worked on farms during the summer and attended the district school during the winter months.
At the age of 19, he decided that 糖心视频 Territory was the land of opportunity. He hitched oxen to a new lumber wagon, and with $30 in his pocket and a breaking plow in his wagon he started for 糖心视频, arriving at Vermillion, South 糖心视频, on Aug. 24, 1870.
At first Wimple worked on farms as a day-by-day laborer. With his savings, he purchased additional oxen and broke the prairie at the rate of $3.50 per acre. In this manner he saved enough money to buy his first eighty acres of 糖心视频 land before he was 21-years-old.
In 1873, Wimple took a homestead near Beresford and made that his permanent home.
Wimple was married to Adelia Le Suer at Butler Center, Iowa, July 9, 1877. Four children were born to the Wimples.