The other "George Washington"

Read this quote in an article."I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting system through which god speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in".And the author of this quote has every reason to make this profound statement.And he used his power of observation to make tremendous improvements in agriculture, which made a significant impact on the lives of a whole lot of people.Can you believe now that 100 years ago, when peanut was produced in plenty, farmers in the US did not know what to do with it?Yes, they did know that it is 'good enough for eating sometime', but nothing beyond that.During GWC's time peanut from a non-crop status became the sixth leading crop in the US and covered 5 million hectares of cultivation.
GWC got to work on this issue and yes, hold your breadth cam out with 325 products from peanuts!Have a problem, give it to me he seems to have said; and he came out with solutions a plenty!(I get problems a plenty most of the time in my office and when i tell them to come with solutions, the tap invariably runs dry;)
And before you ask the next question, he was not interested in patenting his processes or products, though he had them in abundance. "If i know the answer, you can have it for the price of a postage stamp. The Lord charges nothing for knowledge and I will charge you the same".Yes, such a man walked on this planet.
What are his achievements/products by the way.I can go on only if you have the time, for the list is long and varied.
He made the process of extracting rubber from a native Alabama plant
paving blocks from cotton
rubber from sludge
new type of cotton hybrid.
He made improvements to /discovered to the following
Adhesives
axle grease
bleach
buttermilk
cold cream
chilli sauce
flour
fuel briquettes
ink
instant coffee
linoleum
mayonnaise
meat tenderiser
metal polish
non toxic colours
paints
paper
plastic
salad oil
shaving cream
shoe polish
synthetic tapioca
talcum powder
wood stain

And all these achievements from an individual who was orphan at birth.At a period in the US when he could not even seek admission in schools due to his colour.IN college even though he got admission, when the principal saw that he was black, his admission was cancelled!He persevered and was the first afro american student in his college in IOWA. His subject;: agriculture and Mechanica Arts.
Edison invited him to join him ;but GWC preferred to work on his own.Mahatma Gandhi consulted with him on health and agricultural matters.'just the price of a postage stamp!"
George Wahington Carter has this epitaph on his grave:
'He could have added fortune to fame, but caring for neither, he found happiness and honour in being helpful to the world'

And should he be called "The other George Washington?"