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For all the morning , and greatest part of the day , it was clear weather and very hotte , and not a cloud or any signe of raine to be seen , yet toward evening it begane to overcast , and shortly after to raine , with shuch sweete and ...
For all the morning , and greatest part of the day , it was clear weather and very hotte , and not a cloud or any signe of raine to be seen , yet toward evening it begane to overcast , and shortly after to raine , with shuch sweete and ...
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One more of John's memories : oxen when pressed without rest in hot weather would pant and show signs of distress . Humane and prudent drivers would stop and let them stand to " cool out . " As John told it , we had an ox who eventually ...
One more of John's memories : oxen when pressed without rest in hot weather would pant and show signs of distress . Humane and prudent drivers would stop and let them stand to " cool out . " As John told it , we had an ox who eventually ...
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Lightning in the south foretells dry weather . A red sunset means clearing weather a yellow sunset , rain or worry . Thunder in February means frost in May . If a chicken's tail feathers spread in the wind , that is a sign of rain .
Lightning in the south foretells dry weather . A red sunset means clearing weather a yellow sunset , rain or worry . Thunder in February means frost in May . If a chicken's tail feathers spread in the wind , that is a sign of rain .
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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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