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Page 63
... less than one - quarter of a section ; and whenever there are public lands in a State subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty - five cents per acre , the quantity to which said State shall be entitled shall be selected ...
... less than one - quarter of a section ; and whenever there are public lands in a State subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty - five cents per acre , the quantity to which said State shall be entitled shall be selected ...
Page 194
... less and less remote . Partly as a result of his accumulating diffi- culties , the political attitudes of the farmer seem to have become less distinct from those of his fellow - citizens in town . If any- thing , his views on such ...
... less and less remote . Partly as a result of his accumulating diffi- culties , the political attitudes of the farmer seem to have become less distinct from those of his fellow - citizens in town . If any- thing , his views on such ...
Page 195
... less in 1962. The praise that rings in the farmer's ears has a little too much nostalgia in it to be entirely reassuring . It is almost as if he were hearing distant relatives discussing his vir- tues while he was being lowered into his ...
... less in 1962. The praise that rings in the farmer's ears has a little too much nostalgia in it to be entirely reassuring . It is almost as if he were hearing distant relatives discussing his vir- tues while he was being lowered into his ...
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