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... farms . At the end of the century the size of the average farm was 146.6 acres . Since the farmers were un- able to unite with one another to limit production but were forced to compete with one another , they found themselves caught in ...
... farms . At the end of the century the size of the average farm was 146.6 acres . Since the farmers were un- able to unite with one another to limit production but were forced to compete with one another , they found themselves caught in ...
Page 217
... farmers receive their principal income only once a year— at harvest time . Inevitably they borrow to meet expenses in advance of harvest . If this is true for farmers in general , it was especially true among the farmers of the West ...
... farmers receive their principal income only once a year— at harvest time . Inevitably they borrow to meet expenses in advance of harvest . If this is true for farmers in general , it was especially true among the farmers of the West ...
Page 337
... Farmers began to plow parallel to the boundaries of these straight- sided sections , quarter sections , or half sections , and so got into the habit of thinking that straight rows are a part of good farming . So fixed has the habit ...
... Farmers began to plow parallel to the boundaries of these straight- sided sections , quarter sections , or half sections , and so got into the habit of thinking that straight rows are a part of good farming . So fixed has the habit ...
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