Harvest: An Anthology of Farm WritingWheeler McMillen Appleton-Century, 1964 - 424 pages |
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Page 235
... keep the feet dry and warm and in brushy country they keep snags out of the stirrups . Southwest and Mexican riders can't see why they aren't used here in Oregon . But Oregon cowboys usually thought them a little " dressy " and they ...
... keep the feet dry and warm and in brushy country they keep snags out of the stirrups . Southwest and Mexican riders can't see why they aren't used here in Oregon . But Oregon cowboys usually thought them a little " dressy " and they ...
Page 285
... keep a Supreme Being busy managing just the many forms of life that exist on our few acres . Keeping the conditions of life going on . The water in the soil being drawn up by the roots of the plants , given off into the air through ...
... keep a Supreme Being busy managing just the many forms of life that exist on our few acres . Keeping the conditions of life going on . The water in the soil being drawn up by the roots of the plants , given off into the air through ...
Page 388
... keep and tend even as He gave the First Garden into the keeping of our first parents . And so again we say , love your farm . Make it a place of beauty , a place of joyous fruitfulness , an example for your neighbors , a heritage for ...
... keep and tend even as He gave the First Garden into the keeping of our first parents . And so again we say , love your farm . Make it a place of beauty , a place of joyous fruitfulness , an example for your neighbors , a heritage for ...
Contents
Christopher Columbus Turns in a Crop | 3 |
Much More Corne was Planted | 9 |
PERLEY POORE How the Pig Helped to Make Massa | 16 |
Copyright | |
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