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Presidential candidates Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai E. Stevenson address a crowd of 125,000 at the first national Soil Conservation District Field Day and Plow Match, held at a field renamed "Plowville," near Rochester.
First published: July 1, 2015 Last modified: September 6, 2023