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2. History of agriculture in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In meat we trust: An unexpected history of carnivore America (2013). Riney-Kehrberg, Pamela. ed. The Routledge History of Rural America (2018) Robert, Joseph C. The story of tobacco in America (1949) online edition; Russell, Howard. A Long Deep Furrow: Three Centuries of Farming In New England (1981) online; Schafer, Joseph.

3. Prehistoric agriculture on the Great Plains - Wikipedia

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   The amount of land needed by a farming household was between two and seven acres (.8 to 2.8 ha) of cultivated land each year, the difference accounted for by the quality of the land. Fields were usually cultivated for two or three years and then fallowed. Fallowed acreage was two to three times that which was cultivated in a given year.

4. History of agriculture - Wikipedia

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   [17] [18] The helmeted guineafowl was domesticated in West Africa. [19] Sanga cattle was likely also domesticated in North-East Africa, around 7000 BC, and later crossbred with other species. [20] [21] In South America, agriculture began as early as 9000 BC, starting with the cultivation of several species of plants that later became only minor ...

5. Prehistoric agriculture in the Southwestern United States

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   The Las Capas site near Tucson features the earliest irrigation system, dating to 1200 BCE, found in North America. The network of canals and small fields, each about 250 sq ft (23 m 2) in size, covers more than 100 acres (40 hectares) indicating a sizable community of people with the organization to undertake substantial public works project. [18]

6. This Black-owned ranch is changing the face of farming in ...

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   In October, the price of meat, poultry, fish and eggs rose 11.9 percent as compared to the same time last year. In November, Southwest Black Ranchers completed their first meat sales of lamb and goat.

7. 25-50-100 Years Ago -- Aug. 17 - AOL

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   Aug. 17—100 Years Ago Aug. 17, 1923 In a bare whitewashed room, in Montevue Hospital, the county's poorhouse, with windows looking out on the vivid sunshine of a Frederick County fall day, and ...

8. Agriculture - Wikipedia

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   In the Andes of South America, the potato was domesticated between 10,000 and 7,000 years ago, along with beans, coca, llamas, alpacas, and guinea pigs. Sugarcane and some root vegetables were domesticated in New Guinea around 9,000 years ago. Sorghum was domesticated in the Sahel region of Africa by 7,000 years ago. Cotton was domesticated in ...

9. 25-50-100 Years Ago -- Aug. 19 - AOL

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   Aug. 19—100 Years Ago Aug. 19, 1923 This date was a Sunday. The Frederick News-Post did not publish a Sunday edition at this time. 50 Years Ago Aug. 19, 1973 This date was a Sunday. The ...