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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
acres
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
ADDITION
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From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
all
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading It graveled me like sixty to pay such a price, but I had to do it because the season was just between hay and grass.
best
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From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading It graveled me like sixty to pay such a price, but I had to do it because the season was just between hay and grass.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
cattle
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From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
clear
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From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
clover
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From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
corn
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From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
cost
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
cured
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From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading It graveled me like sixty to pay such a price, but I had to do it because the season was just between hay and grass.
dollars
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
dry
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From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
dust
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From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
EMBARRASSING
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From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
fall
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From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
fed
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From this reading My teams never got the heaves when I fed prairie hay.
feeding
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From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
fifteen
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
foresight
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
going
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
got
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From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
grass
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
graveled
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From this reading It graveled me like sixty to pay such a price, but I had to do it because the season was just between hay and grass.
ground
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From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
hadn't
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From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
Hay
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
heaves
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From this reading My teams never got the heaves when I fed prairie hay.
horsemen
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
just
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From this reading It graveled me like sixty to pay such a price, but I had to do it because the season was just between hay and grass.
labor
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
like
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From this reading It graveled me like sixty to pay such a price, but I had to do it because the season was just between hay and grass.
LOAD
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From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
made
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
Madison
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From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It graveled me like sixty to pay such a price, but I had to do it because the season was just between hay and grass.
millions
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
MYdeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My teams never got the heaves when I fed prairie hay.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
old
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
original
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From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
pay
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From this reading It graveled me like sixty to pay such a price, but I had to do it because the season was just between hay and grass.
pound
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From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
prairie
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From this reading My teams never got the heaves when I fed prairie hay.
prefer
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
price
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From this reading It graveled me like sixty to pay such a price, but I had to do it because the season was just between hay and grass.
producer
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
put
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From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
putting
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
RECEIVES
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From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
Rucker
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From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
season
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From this reading It graveled me like sixty to pay such a price, but I had to do it because the season was just between hay and grass.
sixty
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From this reading It graveled me like sixty to pay such a price, but I had to do it because the season was just between hay and grass.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
some
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From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It graveled me like sixty to pay such a price, but I had to do it because the season was just between hay and grass.
supply
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From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
sweet-smelling
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
tame
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
teams
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From this reading My teams never got the heaves when I fed prairie hay.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
there
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
timothy
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From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
ton
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
up
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
value
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From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
warm
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From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
weather
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From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading MY LOAD RECEIVES AN EMBARRASSING ADDITION I still had some corn for my cattle, of the original supply which I had got from Rucker in Madison.
wild
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It hadn't quite the feeding value, pound for pound, that the best timothy and clover has; but it was a wonderful hay that could be put up in the clear weather of the fall when the ground is dry and warm, and cured so as to be free from dust.
year's
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From this reading Hay was fifteen dollars a ton, and all it cost the producer was a year's foresight and the labor of putting it up; for there were millions of acres of wild grass going to waste which made the sweet-smelling hay that old horsemen still prefer to tame hay.