Conquering the Great American Desert: NebraskaNebraska State Historical Society, 1975 - 456 Seiten |
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... plow and sickle or scythe . The wooded conditions also dictated that farms should be small , since it took years to clear land and bring it into cultivation . East of the Ap- palachians , hills and rocks made extensive tillage ...
... plow and sickle or scythe . The wooded conditions also dictated that farms should be small , since it took years to clear land and bring it into cultivation . East of the Ap- palachians , hills and rocks made extensive tillage ...
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... plow . The stirring plow was lighter than the breaking plow - cutting a furrow from four- teen to eighteen inches , depending upon its size . On the other hand , the breaking or sod plow - made to turn the tough , eastern Nebraska ...
... plow . The stirring plow was lighter than the breaking plow - cutting a furrow from four- teen to eighteen inches , depending upon its size . On the other hand , the breaking or sod plow - made to turn the tough , eastern Nebraska ...
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... plow was at first pre- ferred for breaking , but by 1909 the disk gang plow was coming into use for plowing old land , since the draft was lighter and would effectually turn drier soils than would the moldboard . Sometimes a subsoil plow ...
... plow was at first pre- ferred for breaking , but by 1909 the disk gang plow was coming into use for plowing old land , since the draft was lighter and would effectually turn drier soils than would the moldboard . Sometimes a subsoil plow ...
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The Great American Desert | 3 |
Sod Construction | 21 |
Fuel | 49 |
Urheberrecht | |
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