. Elementary agriculture. Agriculture. WHEAT 131 or floods may ruin it. Smut, or rust, or insects may devour it. The farmer has more risks to run in growing wheat than in almost any other farm crop, yet mankind is willing to pay extra for wheat bread. Harvest Home. In most regions wheat must be harvested very promptly, or much of the crop may be damaged or lost. Before good machinery was invented it was a very toilsome task to gather the wheat crop. So much hard work had been put into it and such a long time had gone by since the grain was sowed that the farmer was always anxious at harvest ti
. Elementary agriculture. Agriculture. WHEAT 131 or floods may ruin it. Smut, or rust, or insects may devour it. The farmer has more risks to run in growing wheat than in almost any other farm crop, yet mankind is willing to pay extra for wheat bread. Harvest Home. In most regions wheat must be harvested very promptly, or much of the crop may be damaged or lost. Before good machinery was invented it was a very toilsome task to gather the wheat crop. So much hard work had been put into it and such a long time had gone by since the grain was sowed that the farmer was always anxious at harvest time to reap his crop and pay his expenses. At the close of the season the people held great rejoicings, called in England ^'harvest home.'' They formed a procession, with music, to bring home the last sheaves of grain. The workers and. Fig. Cutting ivheat with a Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nida, William Lewis. [from old catalog]. Chicago, A. Flanagan company
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