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caught his eye, however the residents refused to sell their houses. The owners were elderly, and
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in 1819, however all were small and limited to a specific purpose. In 1837, at the age of 17 he started experimenting at his uncle's farm, and in 1839 built a factory in
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Scholten discovered that the main problem was the transportation costs of the potatoes. He had become engaged with
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