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I frequently see in the agricultural papers 
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of corn for soiling or the silo to get larger 
sorts. If the season here were long enough 
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well-eared yellow flint with a very small 
ration of grain to balance it; and each time 
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ERE is a device that has been found 
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It was made of two 3 x 6 in. sticks hewn 
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all of these pieces of timber were six feet 
long. For benches for the barrels to be 
carried on two 3 x 4 in. pieces of joist about 
seven feet long were used. 
Six 12-inch bolis held all firmly together. 
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1908 
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