Word: alfalfa
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...arid land and irrigating them from shallow wells whose water carried 1,620 parts of salt per million. To his surprise, a long list of test crops- cucumbers, carrots, lima beans, broccoli, corn, cabbage, etc.- seemed to grow better than with purer water. On another test plot, he irrigated alfalfa and forage grasses with water containing 4,100 parts per million of salt. The crops grew vigorously...
...counter concealed in her left hand) the assorted Indians, oil drillers and schoolmarms who trooped past. By last count. Willie's tabulation had passed 55,000, and she was ready for bigger things. Last week she announced her candidacy to succeed her husband (the son of old Governor "Alfalfa Bill" Murray), who is barred by law from seeking a second term...
...covered. Many who voted for Stevenson told me that they were glad Ike was in, and that Stevenson would have been a mistake. I would hesitate to say that all Republicans enjoy the same popularity. From Ohio to Wyoming, straight across the farm belt, among corn, hogs, soybean, alfalfa, wheat, beet and cattle men, I heard Ike praised, and the men around Ike, as well as the Republican Party itself, blamed for going back on promises to the farmers. Farmers and ranchers everywhere told me that Ike had made specific promises in his campaign speeches to them that he would...
Such a move away from the G.O.P. has not begun yet. And it may not occur. The owner of an alfalfa dehydrating plant in Cozad, Nebr. said: "It's a hell of a note. The Democrats bought the farm vote, and next year the Republicans will do it. Wait and see-they'll have...
Bouncing back into the campaign war, Dixon referred to Stevenson last night, in a Denver speech, as "the chlorophyl candidate," qualifying his remark by adding that "all the alfalfa grown in the State of Utah can't produce enough chlorophyl to make that mess in Washington smell sweet...