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The chemist comes to his aid every year by following out some new hint drawn from nature , and now affirms that this dreary space occupied by the farmer is needless : he will concentrate his kitchengarden into a box of one or two rods ...
The chemist comes to his aid every year by following out some new hint drawn from nature , and now affirms that this dreary space occupied by the farmer is needless : he will concentrate his kitchengarden into a box of one or two rods ...
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When the water was boiling , the scalding barrel set at the proper angle in the bobsled and everything was ready , Pa would go to the house and come out with his rifle and brass powder flask with the measuring device .
When the water was boiling , the scalding barrel set at the proper angle in the bobsled and everything was ready , Pa would go to the house and come out with his rifle and brass powder flask with the measuring device .
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nothing , loses on everything he grows , and comes out even at the end of the year . Nobody knows how he does it ! He does not know himself ! He believes that the fact that he has come this far is proof that he can continue to the end .
nothing , loses on everything he grows , and comes out even at the end of the year . Nobody knows how he does it ! He does not know himself ! He believes that the fact that he has come this far is proof that he can continue to the end .
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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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