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May 8, 1948

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a reporter at large

A WET WIND OFF NORTHEAST

Berton Roueché

REPORTER AT LARGE about a visit to the DeWitt W. Nichols farm, one of the biggest and most generally esteemed producers of maple syrup in upstate New York.…

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