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Farming Prosperity on the Missouri Slope Era
Letters from farmers in Adams and Perkins Counties describe successful years despite crop fears. They cite steady crops of small grain corn and oats, growing cattle and hogs, diversified farming, and no debt while sharing how homesteaders turned to sustained farming after early boomers left.
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Missouri Slope
Canada
Middle West
Northwest
Dakotas
Better Farming Association
Perkins County
Dune