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Campbell the bonanza farmer reshaped western wheat
J W Knight reports on H W Campbell of Lincoln Nebraska one of the world's best known bonanza farmers. He built a 2920 acre empire across 5 big wheat farms in ND TX NE and Alberta, learned dry farming, packed soil to hold moisture, and grew 60 to 67 bushels per acre. He invented or deployed farming implements and promoted scientific methods that transformed the plains.
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J. W. Knight
Minneapolis Daily News
H. W. Campbell
Nebraska
Lincoln
Great Western
Campbell
Vermont
Drown County
Dakota Territory
Brown County
South Dakota
Dakota
Little
Woodman & Foy
Pettinger County
North Dakota
Midland County
Texas
Plainview
Tex
Holdredge
Neb
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Washington
Sam
O Street
Tschaikovsky
Campbells
Peter and Paul
St. Petersburg
Odessa
Arad
Hungary
Derabad
Indian
Punjab
E. H. Harriman
Union Pacific
Mr. Campbells