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The Harvest Year in Southern Farms and the Wheat Trade
The piece traces the harvest cycle from planting to market in rural Missouri and Illinois. It describes farmers awaiting weather signals, gathering family and neighbors for threshing, storing butter and produce, and celebrating with harvest suppers as the wheat ripens. It notes the anxiety over disease and price shifts, the rush to town, and how selling wheat sparks local commerce and revival.
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Missouri
Illinois
Manitoba
Sam Brown
Meg
Jennie
Father
Tos
Cai
Board of Trade