Hunger was so severe that it was doubtful that seed-grain would be sown rather than eaten.
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He did so by authorizing impossible production quotas and confiscating even the seed grain.
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We ate or drank all of our seed grain.
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To the temple came the poor farmer to borrow seed, grain, or supplies for harvesters, etc.-advances that he repaid without interest.
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Many Africans became so hungry that they ate their breeding cattle and seed grain, thus condemning themselves to total dependence on outside help.
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In addition to these, he also vetoed a bill that would have distributed seed grain to drought-stricken farmers in the American west, and bills increasing the monetary supply.
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Now he sells more gardening items and customized bird seed than grain.
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Today, he sells more gardening items and customized bird seed than grain.
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This bird is a ground feeder and forages in the litter by scratching for seed and grain.