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Driving the northern Great Plains, one cannot avoid scenes of panoramic splendor
and agricultural activity.  Since my drive was in late September, harvest was
nearly finished, and the last gigantic cylinders of hay lay on fields awaiting
winter's snows or to be hauled off as fodder nearer the farmer's livestock.
The lowering sun gave the fields the aura of deep gold.