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This was Wheat Farming
Category: History: U.S.: Western
Author: Kirby Brumfield
Copyright/published Year: 1968 by Bonanza
ISBN: 0764301888
Binding: Paper
Reach into the grain bin for a handful of wheat...and as it
runs out through your fingers, so do more than 6000 years since
wheat was grown in Persian Gulf lands. The story of this age-old,
most extensive grain crop the world has ever seen, parallels that
of mankind and author Kirby Brumfield makes the point clear.
Wheat in the Northwest? Yes, it's all here, acres of it in
Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. The lore of the harvest is the
keynote of Brumfield's presentation... the romance of growing and
harvesting the crop, and the growing civilization of humanity,
adept at improving its lot and more skilled at the mechanics of
living... until in 1831 Cyrus McCormick demonstrated a reaper
that revolutionized wheat harvesting. Brumfield approaches this
vast subject with considerable facility and sows grains of
interest in every paragraph. He lifts farming right out of the
soil into fascinating history, with accent on the Northwest.
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No Dust Cover, gift inscription on inside front cover, no other writing in or on book.
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