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In 1964 the hatchery catalogue came in the January mail, and a farm household sat down and chose breeds - weighing laying ability against size, because most flocks…
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In 1974 the tree rows standing on the north and west sides of American plains farmsteads were mature, deliberate and doing five jobs at once.
They were not…
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In 1974 a twenty-year class reunion existed to answer a question that had no other answer: what had happened to the eighty people you spent twelve years of…
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In 1964 a newly married couple in parts of the United States could expect a crowd to turn up outside the house after dark, unannounced, and make…
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In 1974 a blizzard on an American farm arrived with whatever notice a radio station happened to give, and then it did two things at once.
One was…
15 Things Every American Farm Woman Did in Her Home Demonstration Club in 1964 That Has No Successor
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In 1964 an American farm woman belonged to a club that met once a month in a neighbour's front room, took minutes, elected officers, kept a project book…