Cargando…
Dirt, sweat, and diesel a family farm in the twenty-first century /
"With fewer people engaged in agriculture today, it is no surprise that most Americans have little understanding of the challenges that modern farmers face. This book provides readers a glimpse into life on a modern Missouri farm where a variety of grains, grass seed, corn, and cattle are produ...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Columbia, Missouri :
University of Missouri Press,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- 1971. The beginning
- December 5. Snowstorm
- December 12. Seed supper
- December 16. Maximilian
- December 20. Fences
- January 9. Help or handout?
- January 31. Winter work
- February 16. Mice and mud
- February 26. Nursery
- March 6. Orphans
- March 10. Flood
- April 1. Spring
- April 4. Winter tractor pull
- April 12. Coming of age
- May 8. Storm
- May 18. Thistles and thieves
- May 22. Spring planting
- May 28. Miracle seeds?
- June 11. Fields of fescue
- June 15. Community
- June 25. Breakdown
- June 30. Summer harvest
- July 4. County fair
- July 24. Prairie tradition
- August 15 & 18. State fair
- August 25. Summer haze
- September 12. Waiting to harvest
- September 18. Picking corn
- September 24. Last tractor pull
- September 27. Milo
- October 4. Office with a view
- October 8. Farmfest
- October 10. Machinery auction
- October 14. Video auction
- October 24. Last harvest : soybeans
- November 3. Cattle auction
- November 10. End of innocence
- November 17. Little bit pregnant
- November 30. Cow on fire
- Epilogue.