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I am going to read an open source book, one that is not particularly interesting, but one that is

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Welcome to tonight's episode of the Boar You to Sleep podcast.

We're going to visit readings from the cultivation of the native grape and manufacture of American wines by George Husman of Herman, Missouri.

The book was entered according to the act of Congress in the year 1866.

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Introduction.

It is with a great deal of hesitation I undertake to write a book about grapes, a subject which has been and still is elucidated every day,

and about which we have already several works, which no doubt, are more more learned more elaborate than anything I may produce but

the subject is of such vast importance and the area suitable for grape culture so large.

The diversity of soil and climate so great

that I may be pardoned if I still think

that I could be of some use to the beginner.

It is for them and not for my brethren of the craft more learned than I am, that I write.

If they can learn anything from the plain talk of a practical worker

to help them along in the good work, I am well repaid.

Another object I have in view is to make grape growing as easy as possible. And I may be

pardoned if I say that, in my opinion. It is a defect in all books we have on great culture that the manner of preparing the soil,

training, etc. are on too costly a plan to be followed by men of little means if we are to first trench and prepare the soil at a cost of about

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