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The torch of freedom lighted by the 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 ...
The torch of freedom lighted by the 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 ...
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50 lbs . of Hop clover seeds , and If it is decided ( for much has been said for and against it ) , that Burnet , as an early food , is valuable , I should be glad of a bushel of this seed also . Red clover seeds are to be had on easy ...
50 lbs . of Hop clover seeds , and If it is decided ( for much has been said for and against it ) , that Burnet , as an early food , is valuable , I should be glad of a bushel of this seed also . Red clover seeds are to be had on easy ...
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Teams , seeders and harrows moved across the black fields from 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 ...
Teams , seeders and harrows moved across the black fields from 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 ...
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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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