Harvest: An Anthology of Farm WritingWheeler McMillen Appleton-Century, 1964 - 424 pages |
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Page 103
... nature , the tranquillity and innocence of the countryman , his independence , and his pleasing arts , -the care of bees , of poultry , of sheep , of cows , the dairy , the care of hay , of fruits , of orchards and forests , and the ...
... nature , the tranquillity and innocence of the countryman , his independence , and his pleasing arts , -the care of bees , of poultry , of sheep , of cows , the dairy , the care of hay , of fruits , of orchards and forests , and the ...
Page 108
... Nature suggests every economical expedient somewhere on a great scale . Set out a pine - tree , and it dies in the first year , or lives a poor spindle . But Nature drops a pine - cone in Mariposa , and it lives fifteen centuries ...
... Nature suggests every economical expedient somewhere on a great scale . Set out a pine - tree , and it dies in the first year , or lives a poor spindle . But Nature drops a pine - cone in Mariposa , and it lives fifteen centuries ...
Page 111
... Nature , comparable to sun and moon , rainbow and flood ; because he is , as all natural persons are , representative of Nature as much as these . That uncorrupted behavior which we admire in animals and in young children belongs to him ...
... Nature , comparable to sun and moon , rainbow and flood ; because he is , as all natural persons are , representative of Nature as much as these . That uncorrupted behavior which we admire in animals and in young children belongs to him ...
Contents
Christopher Columbus Turns in a Crop | 3 |
Much More Corne was Planted | 9 |
PERLEY POORE How the Pig Helped to Make Massa | 16 |
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