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It took him three days to market a load of wheat in Waterloo . I remember his telling us one morning of a dream he had had . His dream was that after hauling a load to Waterloo , he was offered only thirty cents a bushel for it .
It took him three days to market a load of wheat in Waterloo . I remember his telling us one morning of a dream he had had . His dream was that after hauling a load to Waterloo , he was offered only thirty cents a bushel for it .
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I took a step toward the door , but he stayed where he was . " Let's look at it this way , " he said . " You're the last farmer left . City people are coming in so fast it's only a matter of time before you'll have to ...
I took a step toward the door , but he stayed where he was . " Let's look at it this way , " he said . " You're the last farmer left . City people are coming in so fast it's only a matter of time before you'll have to ...
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No water cuts across it now , no topsoil slips away imperceptibly yet by the ton if one took the trouble to measure it . On the steep slope above the garden the ugly , deep gullies are healed across with growing shrubs and flowers ...
No water cuts across it now , no topsoil slips away imperceptibly yet by the ton if one took the trouble to measure it . On the steep slope above the garden the ugly , deep gullies are healed across with growing shrubs and flowers ...
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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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