Jim Woster
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In my previous column, I mentioned the Woster Brothers combines, a Minneapolis pull and a John Deere 55 self-propelled, with the theme being harvest during the Fourth of July.
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Jim is associate editor of Tri-State Neighbor and also works with the SDSU Alumni Foundation.
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