Harvest: An Anthology of Farm WritingWheeler McMillen Appleton-Century, 1964 - 424 pages |
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Page 118
... young farmers of the present day would attempt them and no hired man would . Dorothy Giles The versatility of the competent pioneer is reflected in the brief entries from the 1836 diary of a young farmer named Conant , * From ...
... young farmers of the present day would attempt them and no hired man would . Dorothy Giles The versatility of the competent pioneer is reflected in the brief entries from the 1836 diary of a young farmer named Conant , * From ...
Page 315
... young man of eight years that it was occasionally necessary for some older member of the family to not only come after the cows , but Shep and me as well . One night I dug and brought home a clump of Dutchmans - breeches and planted it ...
... young man of eight years that it was occasionally necessary for some older member of the family to not only come after the cows , but Shep and me as well . One night I dug and brought home a clump of Dutchmans - breeches and planted it ...
Page 419
... young and perhaps a little giddy and like many a young woman merely stayed out a little too long . Few animals and indeed few people are quite as shrewd or gifted with such a remarkable natural instinct as a sow - instinct with regard ...
... young and perhaps a little giddy and like many a young woman merely stayed out a little too long . Few animals and indeed few people are quite as shrewd or gifted with such a remarkable natural instinct as a sow - instinct with regard ...
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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