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AGRICULTURE IN ILLINOIS

Agriculture In Illinois  

Jose Martinez
Jose was born in Mexico, with six years of school. With few opportunities for work, he came to North Carolina where he soon found work picking tobacco and cucumber, returning regularly from living in Mexico with his family off season. Since 1994 he's worked for Eckert's Orchards in Belleville, IL.

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Related Materials: See also the Illinois State Museum's A-V Barn.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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