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Jumping Off the Train

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/11/12Nov18-Cherokee-Strip-Land-Rush-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Imagine a train chugging south out of Kansas with people jumping from the cars all along its route.  This is…

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Posted in Agriculture American Countryside Best of Virginia

Cyrus McCormick and His Threshing Machine

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/29Aug14-Cyrus-McCormick.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)For centuries, crops were cut and threshed by hand. That all changed with a young farmer in Virginia. This is…

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Developing the Self Scouring Plow

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/25Aug14-John-Deere-Plow.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Although you may associate his name with tractors, he never saw one.  Yet his name is synonymous with the equipment used…

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Hot Zone Falconry

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/14Aug14-Hot-Zone-Falconry-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Farmers might contract with someone to spray for weeds, fertilize the soil or harvest a crop.  Some farmers even contract for…

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The Problem with Birds for a Crop

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/13Aug14-Hot-Zone-Falconry-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are many challenges to growing a crop.  Poor weather, weeds, and disease are just a few.  We often don’t think…

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Artichokes

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/12Aug14-Artichokes-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Some people turn up their nose at brussels sprouts.  Where do artichokes fare in comparison?  We head to a valley where…

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A New Perspective on a Vegetable

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/11Aug14-Artichokes-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes it’s hard to get kids to eat their vegetables.  Now imagine the vegetable looks like a hand grenade and people…

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Of Golden Eggs, Geese, and Backyard Farms

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/25Jun13-Goose-Eggs.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)We’ve all heard of the goose that laid the golden eggs. While it would be hard to find such a…

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