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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/New-Mellary-Abbey-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)These men had about 3500 acres of farmland, pasture and timber. However, tilling the land they owned was becoming more…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/New-Mellary-Abbey-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Who helped supply the Union army’s depot in Galena, Illinois during the Civil War? The monks at this abbey, of…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/American-Gothic-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Holly Berg finds a steady stream of people that stop by her office to have their picture taken in overalls…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/American-Gothic-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)If an artist painted a picture of his sister and his dentist, you’d probably doubt it would be anything special….

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Tallest-Corn-Stalk.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Over time, corn yields have steadily risen. Sure, there are dips in production due to drought and disease, but over…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Canteen-Lunch-in-the-Alley.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)If your restaurant sat in an alley underneath a parking garage, you would not have a prime location to attract…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Red-Delicious-Apples-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It’s one of the world’s most popular varieties of fruit and we have it because one farmer couldn’t get a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Herbert-Hoover-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Some consider this president to be the cause of the Great Depression.  It was probably more a matter of being…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Harold-Barrett-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KWBG in Boone, IA.  Folks there should stay alert!  There’s a 90…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Harold-Barrett.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Harold Barrett has been farming and feeding cattle as long as he can remember–and that’s about 90 years so far….

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/10/Big-Pumpkin.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Some people put a lot of time into carving a jack-o-lantern. But if you want to use one of Don…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/06/Pine-Creek-Mill-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 942.4KB)Retirees are often looking for a good cause to which to devote their time. Not many take up grinding flour…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/06/Pine-Creek-Mill-11.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 946.5KB)People near Muscatine have always known of a place called Pine Creek Mill, but for most of the 20th century,…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/06/Muscatine-Cancer-Cure-Quack.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 945.5KB)Today we say hello to out listeners in Muscatine, IA on KWPC. Eighty years ago it was a station called…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/06/Muscatine-Car-Dealer.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 943.3KB)For many of Marvin Kreeger’s 84 years, he’s operated a car dealership in Muscatine, IA. It’s a successful business, but…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Field-of-Dreams-For-Sale.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 946.5KB)This Iowa farm family is asking $5.4 million dollars for their corn field. For that price you get the house,…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/12/Old-Threshers-Reunion1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:03 — 1.9MB)Today it is a farm event that easily doubles the size of this Midwestern city. But when it began back…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/11/4-H-Clover-2009.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)The 4-H Program is now over a century old and many people recognize the familiar green clover that symbolizes those…