Ancient Inca Roads Built With Stone Amazes Scholars
A fragmentary account details Peru’s early highways, linking Quito to the capital Cae and crossing dangerous terrain. Engineers used oscillating rope bridges, stone buttresses, and a 20 foot wide freestone surface with bituminous cement. Runners carried messages along a postal route. districts maintained their sections, though wheels were not used on these roads.
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Quito
Onast
Plotava
Andes
Trav
Peru
London Standard
Rye and wheat pasture tactics in old farm note
A lengthy rural survey discusses sowing rye instead of wheat to pasture, sowing on wet land, and managing pastures. It covers rye and clover mixes, winter harvests, and feed from grain crops, plus guidelines for poultry fattening, silos, and farm buildings. It cites seasonal notes and practical tips from agricultural literature and experiments.
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Watts
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Fragmented notes on farm labor and potato cultivation methods
The piece describes improvised potato digging setups using wagons and planks, costs of labor, and a digger invention. It contrasts potato farming practices with other rural tasks, notes machine use versus hand labor, and mentions costs around fifty dollars per season for extra help. It also includes brief musings on stone walls and beekeeping observations.
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Hkere
Cohen
Fiell
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