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35236
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What makes a memory memorable, as these authors suggested, is having the extraordinary happen in the midst of the ordinary. For Rose Lagrow, it was finding a double yolk egg during gathering. For Lorna Scott, it involved her mother’s encounter with a runaway pig. For Letha Humphrey, it involved a dinner complete with picture taking.
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Using photographs from the beginning of the 20th-century, Dean describes farms harvests from that period.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 49 Issue 10, Oct 1985,
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24047
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Tony Peacock is a six-time champion of the National Hollerin' Contest in Spivey's Corner, North Carolina. His talent and those of others who participate in the contest keep the tradition of communicative hollers alive. These hollers were often used to signal specific events, call animals in, and request assistance in the rural areas of North Carolina.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 83 Issue 4, September 2015,
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35808
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Testament of the once prevalent agrarian culture was the building staple of family farms. Attesting its importance in family farm life were its many purposes, mostly practical. One not prosaic to the author was its ability, especially for children, to exude a mystique. This quality, helping rural life to possess a rustic charm, the author suggested also contributed to their lengthy history, continuing in the US through immigrants such as Scots and Swedes. It’s one that has generated long standing associations with other groups such as Mennonites and Amish.
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In this article the author is discussing how four farms in Durham are considered century farms which is a classification that protects the land from future development. There is over 2,000 farms in North Carolina that are considered century farms. The director of N.C Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Andrea Ashbly, states that the century farm designation is meant to help recognize farms that have had decades or centuries of hard work put into them by the families that have lived there. As well as applauding the families that kept the farm running and within the family.
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Mules have a longtime reputation among farmers as strong and stubborn. Add to this homing, or the ability to find their way to the homestead. As for how hybrid beasts like Belle was able to, explanations were offered such as backtracking, sniffing out their own tracks, and night eyes, what the author described as “horn like patches” on their inner forelegs, slightly above the knees.
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Joe Warrell lent a hand in the creation of the monument on the narrator’s family farm. Perhaps a miracle, considering the habitual gesture that gave him miracle worker status in Betty Branch Church: middle finger extended upward.
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The Bellwood Extension & Community Association is a 102-year old community organization in northern Cleveland County. Formerly known as the Warlick Tomato Club, the group was founded in 1915 by home demonstration agents to teach farm girls and young women how to grow and can food in their homes. The history of the club and movement across the state are detailed and the history of the Bellwood club is told by Mary Jane Seagle and Jean Ann Privett.
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