The Prairie Farmer
The Prairie Farmer

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Publisher:

Published: 1816

Total Pages: 1148

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"A leading agricultural magazine founded by the Union Agricultural Society of Chicago and a champion of farmers' rights ... Besides articles on agriculture, horticulture, and stock raising, it provided general and market news, a children's column, and departments dealing with health, household problems, and veterinary medicine." Cf. American periodicals, 1741-1900.

From Prairie Farmer to Entrepreneur
From Prairie Farmer to Entrepreneur

Author: Dennis Nordin

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9780253345714

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Their account will inform readers with a detailed account of one of the great transformations in American life."--BOOK JACKET.

Midwest Maize
Midwest Maize

Author: Cynthia Clampitt

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2015-02-28

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0252096878

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Food historian Cynthia Clampitt pens the epic story of what happened when Mesoamerican farmers bred a nondescript grass into a staff of life so prolific, so protean, that it represents nothing less than one of humankind's greatest achievements. Blending history with expert reportage, she traces the disparate threads that have woven corn into the fabric of our diet, politics, economy, science, and cuisine. At the same time she explores its future as a source of energy and the foundation of seemingly limitless green technologies. The result is a bourbon-to-biofuels portrait of the astonishing plant that sustains the world.