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... that that of Piedmont was shorter , thicker , and less white , but that it presented its form better when dressed au gras , was better tasted , and therefore preferred by good judges for those purposes ; that the consumption of rice ...
... that that of Piedmont was shorter , thicker , and less white , but that it presented its form better when dressed au gras , was better tasted , and therefore preferred by good judges for those purposes ; that the consumption of rice ...
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When grain is very thin on the ground , it is always more or less intermingled with weeds , chess and the like , and a large part of the power is expended in cutting these . It is plain that when the crop is very thick upon the ground ...
When grain is very thin on the ground , it is always more or less intermingled with weeds , chess and the like , and a large part of the power is expended in cutting these . It is plain that when the crop is very thick upon the ground ...
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When the mellow topsoil is gone with its valuable humus and nitrogen , less productive , less permeable , less absorptive , and more intractable material is exposed in its place . As a rule this exposed material is the " raw " subsoil ...
When the mellow topsoil is gone with its valuable humus and nitrogen , less productive , less permeable , less absorptive , and more intractable material is exposed in its place . As a rule this exposed material is the " raw " subsoil ...
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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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