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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Julia Lyon / The Bulletin
May 26, 2002
MADRAS - Since water came to the desert, Jefferson County farmers have always known what was coming next. Clover was the first success after World War II.
It's said that two local co-ops sold around 60 combines in one year as farming exploded.
As decades passed, crops came in waves: mint,....