Conquering the Great American Desert: NebraskaNebraska State Historical Society, 1975 - 456 Seiten |
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... crop failure that he had witnessed . He put the potato crop down as a complete failure ; the wheat a 50 per cent crop ; oats , 30 per cent ; corn , 10 per cent . 19 Of course the old habit of concealing disaster from the nation surfaced ...
... crop failure that he had witnessed . He put the potato crop down as a complete failure ; the wheat a 50 per cent crop ; oats , 30 per cent ; corn , 10 per cent . 19 Of course the old habit of concealing disaster from the nation surfaced ...
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... crop . ' " 40 " The rains came in the nick of time to give Nebraska a respectable harvest . ” 41 “ A rain soon will give us a good crop as it is tasseling out . The soil is in good condition yet . " " 42 “ It rains in June ... and it ...
... crop . ' " 40 " The rains came in the nick of time to give Nebraska a respectable harvest . ” 41 “ A rain soon will give us a good crop as it is tasseling out . The soil is in good condition yet . " " 42 “ It rains in June ... and it ...
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... crop failure - possibly two or three failures in a row - and then two good crops . 65 Even this system fails in a cycle of drouth such as happened in the 1950's ; K. C. Ledbetter , who farmed in Custer County , recounted that he had four ...
... crop failure - possibly two or three failures in a row - and then two good crops . 65 Even this system fails in a cycle of drouth such as happened in the 1950's ; K. C. Ledbetter , who farmed in Custer County , recounted that he had four ...
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The Great American Desert | 3 |
Sod Construction | 21 |
Fuel | 49 |
Urheberrecht | |
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