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He was much concerned about soil erosion , and was a foe of tobacco as a crop . To avoid being confused with others of the same name he signed himself " John Taylor of Caroline " and is so known in history . Three times he was appointed ...
He was much concerned about soil erosion , and was a foe of tobacco as a crop . To avoid being confused with others of the same name he signed himself " John Taylor of Caroline " and is so known in history . Three times he was appointed ...
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But take fifty of wheat , and one hundred of corn , to be the possibility , and compare with it the actual crops of the country . Many years ago I saw it stated in a Patent Office Report that eighteen bushels was the average crop ...
But take fifty of wheat , and one hundred of corn , to be the possibility , and compare with it the actual crops of the country . Many years ago I saw it stated in a Patent Office Report that eighteen bushels was the average crop ...
Page 143
It is plain that when the crop is very thick upon the ground , the larger proportion of the power is directly applied to ... or less degree of mowing , plowing , gathering in of crops generally , and , indeed , of almost all farm work .
It is plain that when the crop is very thick upon the ground , the larger proportion of the power is directly applied to ... or less degree of mowing , plowing , gathering in of crops generally , and , indeed , of almost all farm work .
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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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