Conquering the Great American Desert: NebraskaNebraska State Historical Society, 1975 - 456 Seiten |
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... inch lengths . 16 If a twelve - inch plow was used , the build- ing sods were twelve inches wide , four inches thick and thirty - six inches long . It was best not to prepare too much sod in advance because the overturned furrow slices ...
... inch lengths . 16 If a twelve - inch plow was used , the build- ing sods were twelve inches wide , four inches thick and thirty - six inches long . It was best not to prepare too much sod in advance because the overturned furrow slices ...
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... inches , but during the decade of 1867-1877 was thirty - two inches . A second band somewhat farther west had twenty - four inches in the earlier decade and twenty - eight inches in the latter . In the western part of the state was a ...
... inches , but during the decade of 1867-1877 was thirty - two inches . A second band somewhat farther west had twenty - four inches in the earlier decade and twenty - eight inches in the latter . In the western part of the state was a ...
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... inches- " the deeper the better , " as one writer put it . This was widely advocated on the ground that it increased ... inches in depth , another field five , and a third seven inches in depth , but at the end of several years such ...
... inches- " the deeper the better , " as one writer put it . This was widely advocated on the ground that it increased ... inches in depth , another field five , and a third seven inches in depth , but at the end of several years such ...
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The Great American Desert | 3 |
Sod Construction | 21 |
Fuel | 49 |
Urheberrecht | |
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