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From the old papersPrinted January 22, 1918
In 1917 and 1918 Arbon Valley's wheat farmers fought Jim Hill mustard, a rolling tumbleweed, and the Press's roving farm writer let the weed tell its own side.
↗ From the old papersPrinted January 8, 1918
In 1917, the year America went to war, Arbon Valley's dry-farm wheat came through hail, heat and mustard to a thin harvest that sold at wartime prices of up to $1.95 a bushel.
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