Harvest: An Anthology of Farm WritingWheeler McMillen Appleton-Century, 1964 - 424 pages |
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Page 147
... hands , it was probably intended that heads and hands should cooperate as friends ; and that that particular head , should direct and control that particular pair of hands . As each man has one mouth to be fed , and one pair of hands to ...
... hands , it was probably intended that heads and hands should cooperate as friends ; and that that particular head , should direct and control that particular pair of hands . As each man has one mouth to be fed , and one pair of hands to ...
Page 217
... hand , and while his trained horse takes up the slack in the rope fastened to the saddle horn , the cowpoke must tie any three legs together ( usually one front and both hind ) with his piggin ' string . This ac- complished , he raises ...
... hand , and while his trained horse takes up the slack in the rope fastened to the saddle horn , the cowpoke must tie any three legs together ( usually one front and both hind ) with his piggin ' string . This ac- complished , he raises ...
Page 249
... hand - rake reaper . He sat in the seat and drove , while my brother - in - law stood or sat - I forget which — and raked off the sheaves into gavels to be bound . I could not then have been more than four years old . The hand - rake ...
... hand - rake reaper . He sat in the seat and drove , while my brother - in - law stood or sat - I forget which — and raked off the sheaves into gavels to be bound . I could not then have been more than four years old . The hand - rake ...
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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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