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Time Capsule: Farm Life

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January 3, 1879 After dinner we hitched up a span of horses to the seed sower and sprinkled some wheat on the ground that Jim had turned upside down in the forenoon. February 3, 1879 We went out to plow before sunrise. February 12, 1879 Put in a crop of barley. March 28, 1879 Got View Website VIP Subscription

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