Harvest: An Anthology of Farm WritingWheeler McMillen Appleton-Century, 1964 - 424 pages |
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Page 97
... Crop and Reclaims His Gullies The Soil Must Become Cadaverous It would startle even an old planter , to see an exact account of the labor devoured by an acre of tobacco , and the preparation of the crop for market . Even supposing that crop ...
... Crop and Reclaims His Gullies The Soil Must Become Cadaverous It would startle even an old planter , to see an exact account of the labor devoured by an acre of tobacco , and the preparation of the crop for market . Even supposing that crop ...
Page 141
... crop I heard of in our vicinity was two thousand bushels from ninety acres . Many crops were thrashed , producing no more than three bushels to the acre ; much was cut , and then abandoned as not worth threshing ; and much was abandoned ...
... crop I heard of in our vicinity was two thousand bushels from ninety acres . Many crops were thrashed , producing no more than three bushels to the acre ; much was cut , and then abandoned as not worth threshing ; and much was abandoned ...
Page 143
... crop is very thick upon the ground , the larger proportion of the power is directly applied to gathering in and cutting it ; and the smaller , to that which is totally useless as an end . And what I have said of harvesting is true , in ...
... crop is very thick upon the ground , the larger proportion of the power is directly applied to gathering in and cutting it ; and the smaller , to that which is totally useless as an end . And what I have said of harvesting is true , in ...
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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