How Many Wheat Can We Grow That Close Together?

Mow always wanted more to increase agricultural production he made communes compete against each other the ones that recorded the biggest harvests were rewarded in ceremonies organized by the party. The peasants became totally demotivated and poor harvests caused the first food shortages. Mow showed Soviet advisors a field of wheat where the ears were so extraordinarily close together that they supposedly supported the weight of six people standing on it which is absolute hogwash yeah okay anybody who knows anything about wheat knows that you can't plant them that close together but never mind that it's not going to support the weight of 6 people standing on It.

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