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    A farmer prepares recently flooded land for planting by ploughing the topsoil deposited by floods, as ancient ploughs only lightly scratched the surface to avoid drying out the soil. The farmer also winnows wheat by tossing the grain and chaff into the air so the wind can separate the heavier grain from the lighter chaff, using a wooden pitchfork similar to those used by ancient Egyptians.

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    A farmer prepares recently flooded land for planting by ploughing the topsoil deposited by floods, as ancient ploughs only lightly scratched the surface to avoid drying out the soil. The farmer also winnows wheat by tossing the grain and chaff into the air so the wind can separate the heavier grain from the lighter chaff, using a wooden pitchfork similar to those used by ancient Egyptians.

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    WINNOWING WHEAT, A Farmer Pitch-: Ploughing The Topsoil Lately de

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    A farmer prepares recently flooded land for planting by ploughing the topsoil deposited by floods, as ancient ploughs only lightly scratched the surface to avoid drying out the soil. The farmer also winnows wheat by tossing the grain and chaff into the air so the wind can separate the heavier grain from the lighter chaff, using a wooden pitchfork similar to those used by ancient Egyptians.

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    PLOUGHING THE TOPSOIL lately de-

    posited by the floods, a farmer makes


    the land ready for planting. Ancient
    ploughs barely scratched the surface,
    for deep ploughing would dry the soil.

    WINNOWING WHEAT, a farmer pitch-


    es heavy grain and light chaff up to
    be separated by the wind. The wood-
    en pitchfork of today is virtually the
    same as used by ancient Egyptians.

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