Harvest: An Anthology of Farm WritingWheeler McMillen Appleton-Century, 1964 - 424 pages |
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... early colonists burned fiercely along the pioneer trails . Courts , bringing law and order , closely followed the plow , as Rachel Peden ably explains in the chapter , " The Plow : ' Power and Authority . " " For the journalist , there ...
... early colonists burned fiercely along the pioneer trails . Courts , bringing law and order , closely followed the plow , as Rachel Peden ably explains in the chapter , " The Plow : ' Power and Authority . " " For the journalist , there ...
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... early feeding or cutting , you would oblige me by adding a small quantity of the seeds , to put me in stock : Early grasses , unless a species can be found that will stand a hot Sun , and oftentimes severe droughts in the summer months ...
... early feeding or cutting , you would oblige me by adding a small quantity of the seeds , to put me in stock : Early grasses , unless a species can be found that will stand a hot Sun , and oftentimes severe droughts in the summer months ...
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... early morn to dusk , the golden grain went into the soil for a fortnight or so , and then we waited for the sprouting . Sometimes the sky was almost darkened by great flocks of what we called wheat birds , which whirled in evolutions of ...
... early morn to dusk , the golden grain went into the soil for a fortnight or so , and then we waited for the sprouting . Sometimes the sky was almost darkened by great flocks of what we called wheat birds , which whirled in evolutions of ...
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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