Harvest: An Anthology of Farm WritingWheeler McMillen Appleton-Century, 1964 - 424 pages |
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... experience . Some English seed they sew , as wheat and peace , but it came not too good , eather by the badness of the seed , or lateness of the season , or both , or some other defecte . " Every Man for his owne Perticuler " All this ...
... experience . Some English seed they sew , as wheat and peace , but it came not too good , eather by the badness of the seed , or lateness of the season , or both , or some other defecte . " Every Man for his owne Perticuler " All this ...
Page 180
... experience . It is unquestionably true that modern manufacturing methods have entirely destroyed such home industries as shoemaking , coopering , tailoring , spinning , weaving , etc. , by which so many farmers in the first half of the ...
... experience . It is unquestionably true that modern manufacturing methods have entirely destroyed such home industries as shoemaking , coopering , tailoring , spinning , weaving , etc. , by which so many farmers in the first half of the ...
Page 195
... experience knows that digging with pick and shovel a long ditch through a wet , clay swamp is just about the nastiest , hardest , most heartbreaking job that one can find in the whole countryside AGRICULTURE 195 · THE LIGHTER SIDE •
... experience knows that digging with pick and shovel a long ditch through a wet , clay swamp is just about the nastiest , hardest , most heartbreaking job that one can find in the whole countryside AGRICULTURE 195 · THE LIGHTER SIDE •
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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