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Ladybugs v. Greenbugs. Officially the crop was forecast at 830,636,000 bushels, better by 7,459,000 bushels than last year's bumper yield, higher by 5,000,000 bushels than the previous record crop of 1931. But Department of Agriculture men-not to speak of the always apprehensive farmers-had their fingers crossed. Drought, a heavy hailstorm, prolonged cold could seriously cut the crop. Mid-continent farmers who had escaped the blight of greenbugs that had ruined large acreages in Oklahoma and Texas now prayed for warm days that would bring out the brown-specked ladybugs...
Lurch & a Prayer. In Gary, Mrs. Lylas Hazllett, her car stalled in front of an onrushing train, 1) ordered two riders to bail out, 2) went into gear, 3) stepped on the starter, 4) advanced in painful lurches, 5) lost her rear bumper...
...whitecoats. The ship runs alongside, the men grab a gaff (a pole with a steel hook on the end) and clamber overside. They race to kill the first whitecoat and bring back its tail to dip it ceremoniously in a glass of rum as a toast to a bumper trip...
Iowa's famed tall corn is getting too big for its roots. Now some lowans would like to breed back into U.S. corn the qualities which were sacrificed for bumper size and bumper production. They would like to reinvigorate corn with greater root strength and resistance to heat, drought, insects and disease...
...farmers had learned a few new tricks during the bumper years: they had planted shelter belts of trees, cultivated on the contour, tilled scientifically to stop wind erosion, and left soil-holding trash on their land. Drawing on ingenuity and junk piles, local blacksmiths had turned out terracing machines during the war. A reasonable rain or snow would nail down the soil for the year, and save the wheat...