Bruns, Armin R., 1893-

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Armin R. Bruns was born in 1893 into a farm family in Sigourney, Iowa. He is credited with being the first American to plant soy beans as a commercial crop and established the Bruns Seed Company to promote soy bean production. He was a lifelong Republican who worked to ensure that Herbert Hoover's boyhood home would be preserved. Bruns was also a keen photographer and launched a project to take aerial views of Iowa. He was active with the Boy Scouts and a longtime contributor to the Piney Woods School in Mississippi.

From the description of Bruns, Armin R. papers, 1918-1977. (Iowa Sate Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 48215509

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Herbert Hoover National Historical Site (West Branch, Iowa)
Sigourney (Iowa)
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Soybean industry
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Birth 1893

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