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The cobs were delivered to a big pile. We were one of the first to feed corn cobs to cattle.

Orville Redenbacher

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Orville Redenbacher
Age: 88 †
Born: 1907
Born: July 16
Died: 1995
Died: September 20
Businessman
Entrepreneur
Brazil
Indiana
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