Public history of wheat farming

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A BRIEF PUBLIC HISTORY OF WHEAT Larry Cebula Eastern Washington University

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A BRIEF PUBLIC HISTORY OF WHEATLarry CebulaEastern Washington University

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WHEAT IS AN ANCIENT CROP

Domesticated in Near East

At least 8,500 years ago

Grown by all ancient Mediterranean civs

By 2000 years ago spread through Old World

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WHEAT HAD A CENTRAL PLACE IN EUROPEAN LIFE

The Harvesters (1565) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/19.164
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WHEAT IN NORTH AMERICA

Middle colonies known as the “bread colonies”

sewn by hand, harvested by scythe

Major production shifts to Ohio (1840s) and the Great Plains (1890s)

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THE VETERAN IN A NEW FIELD (1865), BY WINSLOW HOMER

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DEATH = GRIM REAPER

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WHEAT AS METAPHOR

Bible full of wheat and bread metaphors

“Staff of life,” The Parable of the Sower

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CHANGES IN HARVESTING METHOD: 3000 BCE COMPARE TO 1865

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MECHANIZATION

Roman Vallus, 77 A.D.

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MCCORMICK TWINE BINDER, 1884

McCormick Reaper in Action Video

http://youtu.be/RHYEm2o31jA
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THRESHER

Video of thresher in action

http://youtu.be/ZuX1vC1hZXM
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COMBINES TAKE OVER AROUND 1900

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STEAM SHIPPING ROUTES, 1895

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PERILS OF WHEAT FARMING

http://youtu.be/fQCwhjWNcH8
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POPULATION, LINCOLN COUNTY, WAYear Total

Population

1890 9,312

1900 11,969

1910 17,539

1920 15,141

1930 11,876

1940 11,361

1950 10,970

1960 10,919

1970 9,572

1980 9,604

1990 8,864

2000 10,184

2010 10,570

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WINTER WHEAT

Brought to US 1870s

Plant in fall Makes the

most of our dry hot summers

Tumbleweeds

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MODERN WHEAT HARVEST

http://youtu.be/CxKgNVKRzFo
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SO WHERE DO THE OLD COMBINES GO?

Right here

http://youtu.be/V-TNrZ2dTDY
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WASHINGTON WHEAT TODAY

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