sentences:  In the 1930s he began buying land for sugar-cane farms, he found land was so cheap because of the Great Depression he could buy it for the cost of its unpaid property tax.He became a prominent and leading sugar, citrus and corn farmer, and cattleman, owning large spreads in Central Florida.After World War II, he did not enlist due to a bad knee, he was hired by Rollins College to teach returning soldiers business classes.