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... farmers were not alone in practicing " sloppy farm- ing . " The richness of the prairie soil led almost all farmers in the state to believe manuring and rotation were unnecessary . If Illinois farmers did not wear out the soil as ...
... farmers were not alone in practicing " sloppy farm- ing . " The richness of the prairie soil led almost all farmers in the state to believe manuring and rotation were unnecessary . If Illinois farmers did not wear out the soil as ...
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... farmers ' ven- tures , all combined to render the cooperative movement largely ineffectual . On the political front , however , the farmers ' groups scored some outstanding successes in the early 1870s . Politicians hesitated to oppose ...
... farmers ' ven- tures , all combined to render the cooperative movement largely ineffectual . On the political front , however , the farmers ' groups scored some outstanding successes in the early 1870s . Politicians hesitated to oppose ...
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... farmers largely abandoned the organizations formed to lead them to victory over the oppressors . Some of the reason must have lain in the farmer's perception of his role in the American dream . The agrarian mystique of the tiller of the ...
... farmers largely abandoned the organizations formed to lead them to victory over the oppressors . Some of the reason must have lain in the farmer's perception of his role in the American dream . The agrarian mystique of the tiller of the ...
Contents
Of People and Places | 1 |
Structure of Governmental Power | 35 |
Of Men and Machines | 72 |
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| Title | Building for the Centuries: Illinois, 1865 to 1898 Volume 4 of Sesquicentennial history of Illinois |
| Author | John Howard Keiser |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 15 Aug 2006 |
| ISBN | 0252006178, 9780252006173 |
| Length | 386 pages |
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