Harvest: An Anthology of Farm WritingWheeler McMillen Appleton-Century, 1964 - 424 pages |
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Page 50
... fence from the gate which opens into No 2 , quite down to the River , along the Cedar hedge row , as also those Rails which are between No 1 and 2 and between No 2 and 3 may all be taken away and applied to the outer fences , and the fences ...
... fence from the gate which opens into No 2 , quite down to the River , along the Cedar hedge row , as also those Rails which are between No 1 and 2 and between No 2 and 3 may all be taken away and applied to the outer fences , and the fences ...
Page 71
... fences , and planting potatoes by the acre , and corn by the two acres , and running a ditch along the line between me and Field , and a fence along the brook against my brother and another ditch in the middle from Field's line to the ...
... fences , and planting potatoes by the acre , and corn by the two acres , and running a ditch along the line between me and Field , and a fence along the brook against my brother and another ditch in the middle from Field's line to the ...
Page 107
... fence , and at once the seeds sprout and the oaks rise . It was only browsing and fire which had kept them down . Plant fruit - trees by the roadside , and their fruit will never be allowed to ripen . Draw a pine fence about them , and ...
... fence , and at once the seeds sprout and the oaks rise . It was only browsing and fire which had kept them down . Plant fruit - trees by the roadside , and their fruit will never be allowed to ripen . Draw a pine fence about them , and ...
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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