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Only when they were four years old , practically mature , would the old - timer have called them oxen . Probably it should be said that in the speech of our local country - side we were inclined to use the term " cattle " rather than ...
Only when they were four years old , practically mature , would the old - timer have called them oxen . Probably it should be said that in the speech of our local country - side we were inclined to use the term " cattle " rather than ...
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The tapaderos , or " taps " as they are almost always called , are a cover for the front of the stirrup . Their purpose is to keep the feet dry and warm and in brushy country they keep snags out of the stirrups .
The tapaderos , or " taps " as they are almost always called , are a cover for the front of the stirrup . Their purpose is to keep the feet dry and warm and in brushy country they keep snags out of the stirrups .
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At that time the plan called for covering the carcasses with five feet of the heavy , black clay soil peculiar to the Houston area , but later on another method was substituted in which the bodies were drenched with oil and burned .
At that time the plan called for covering the carcasses with five feet of the heavy , black clay soil peculiar to the Houston area , but later on another method was substituted in which the bodies were drenched with oil and burned .
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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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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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