Harvest: An Anthology of Farm WritingWheeler McMillen Appleton-Century, 1964 - 424 pages |
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Page 242
... lived most of his life in a small cabin in Custer Park among the Black Hills of South Dakota . He wrote many poems , of which " A Cowboy's Prayer , " from Sun and Saddle Leather , is best known . A Cowboy's Prayer Oh Lord , I've never ...
... lived most of his life in a small cabin in Custer Park among the Black Hills of South Dakota . He wrote many poems , of which " A Cowboy's Prayer , " from Sun and Saddle Leather , is best known . A Cowboy's Prayer Oh Lord , I've never ...
Page 252
... lived in De Kalb County , Illinois , two brothers , Charles W. and W. W. Marsh , farmers who were already at work on an invention which was destined to transform me from rather a bad hand in the harvest field to a good one . I have just ...
... lived in De Kalb County , Illinois , two brothers , Charles W. and W. W. Marsh , farmers who were already at work on an invention which was destined to transform me from rather a bad hand in the harvest field to a good one . I have just ...
Page 315
... lived in its new home for nearly twenty years before the suckers of the lilac finally obliterated it . This was the first wild gardening I ever did . It has been a good many years since I have been after the cows and listened to the ...
... lived in its new home for nearly twenty years before the suckers of the lilac finally obliterated it . This was the first wild gardening I ever did . It has been a good many years since I have been after the cows and listened to the ...
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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