“I rode horseback three miles each way to get to high school, and in bad weather it was a problem sometimes to make my eight o'clock class on time. Like others, I often missed school to help on the farm, especially in the fall, until after harvest, and in the spring, during planting season.”

Ezra Taft Benson was an American politician and religious leader in the mid-20th century. He served as the 12th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and later as the 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known for his conservative policies and influential sermons on faith, family, and national values.