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It began to perform growing miracles in the Dakotas . Production of this spring - sown wheat kept swelling until flour millers roared disapproval ; the wheat was so hard , they claimed , that their machinery would not grind it .
It began to perform growing miracles in the Dakotas . Production of this spring - sown wheat kept swelling until flour millers roared disapproval ; the wheat was so hard , they claimed , that their machinery would not grind it .
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stayed where they fell , on the floor of the forest , and began again to build up layers of decaying vegetation . And when the rain fell , it no longer fell on bare earth , but seeped into the ground to feed the big trees and the new ...
stayed where they fell , on the floor of the forest , and began again to build up layers of decaying vegetation . And when the rain fell , it no longer fell on bare earth , but seeped into the ground to feed the big trees and the new ...
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Under this cover the wild flowers and ferns tended to recede a little , but presently as the thick tree seedlings became sturdier and thicker , the cycle of brambles began to disappear beneath the increasingly thick shade .
Under this cover the wild flowers and ferns tended to recede a little , but presently as the thick tree seedlings became sturdier and thicker , the cycle of brambles began to disappear beneath the increasingly thick shade .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Harvest: An Anthology of Farm Writing |
| Editor | Wheeler McMillen |
| Publisher | Appleton-Century, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 19 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 424 pages |
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