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Fifiy-seven years ago, there came from England a wise and kindly 
man who was capable of great dreams, and of the hard, back-breaking 
work that makes great dreams come true. He established himself and 
his family on five acres of land in Santa Paula, California, and settled 
down to till the land and support his children. Life was not easy during 
his first years in his adopted country, but neither was he a man to let 
hardship dull his keen wit or his optimistic nature. His enterprise pros- 
pered and he became a respected man in the seed trade; soon his sons 
entered his business and carried it on. His picture is on these pages: 
John Bodger, founder of the firm which bears his name. The Bodger 
