Memorable comments from city boys' first week of ag school

"It's a lot like high school, except without all the d#%* rules."

"I'm from the third most populous city in Minnesota. When I told the class I was from Bloomington, one kid asked: 'where's that?'"

"In the span of six hours, I watched a kid chew his way through an entire tin of tobacco."

"It takes 500 years to create one inch of soil."

"Mankato is No. 2 in the world for crushing soybeans."

"I'll be home Friday by noon."