Harvest: An Anthology of Farm WritingWheeler McMillen Appleton-Century, 1964 - 424 pages |
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Page 144
... machine operated by steam , will really plow . To be successful , it must , all things considered , plow better than can be done with animal power . It must do all the work as well , and cheaper ; or more rapidly , so as to get through ...
... machine operated by steam , will really plow . To be successful , it must , all things considered , plow better than can be done with animal power . It must do all the work as well , and cheaper ; or more rapidly , so as to get through ...
Page 250
... machine was going around the field . When the large - scale produc- tion of wheat began , the farmer was required to have six men to follow the machine . Then either economic pressure or increasing skill cut down the number to five ...
... machine was going around the field . When the large - scale produc- tion of wheat began , the farmer was required to have six men to follow the machine . Then either economic pressure or increasing skill cut down the number to five ...
Page 253
... machine on which two men could ride as they bound the grain elevated to them by the mechanism which cut it . Moreover , they gave us the only type of reaping machine to which the self - binder has ever been successfully attached , and ...
... machine on which two men could ride as they bound the grain elevated to them by the mechanism which cut it . Moreover , they gave us the only type of reaping machine to which the self - binder has ever been successfully attached , 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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