First-person recollection supports an infrastructure case; it does not isolate causes or quantify a representative failure rate.
DeVito recalls trying to grow rye for a distillery and encountering practical obstacles involving cleaning, agricultural knowledge and crop loss.
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Printed 9–11
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Source-grounded paraphrase
DeVito recalls trying to grow rye for a distillery and encountering practical obstacles involving cleaning, agricultural knowledge and crop loss.
Locator
Physical PDF pages 5–7; Printed 9–11. First edition2021, ISBN9781646431786. Physical PDF numbering is used because the scan differs from printed order.
Interpretation and limits
First-person recollection supports an infrastructure case; it does not isolate causes or quantify a representative failure rate.
Academy use
Use in the linked Literature Note's proposed teaching activities, retaining attribution and the distinction between source testimony and independently established fact.