Word: croppings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Although few Americans are aware of it, the world has just suffered a major crop disaster. But United Nations officials who are figuring how to feed Europe's starving millions and how to stretch the world's limited supply of shipping know it well. The Southern Hemisphere has had a five-months' drought and its two chief food-producing countries, Argentina and Australia, are hardest...
Argentina. This year's estimated wheat crop of 156.000,000 bu. is about 60% of last year's; the 76,000,000-bu. corn crop is 22%. Other grains are hard hit, but because of considerable carry-overs Argentina will probably need no imports, although her exports will be drastically reduced. The most serious blow to the world is the loss of almost half of Argentina's linseed oil production...
Both stars, crop-haired Ingrid Bergmen and Gary Cooper, do their usual good work as the passionate lovers. Topping the supporting cast is Katina Paxinon, who won an Oscar for her fine portrayal of Pilar, Pablo, El Sordo, and a host of even lesser roles are equally well done...
...other pests combined, the prospects are even brighter. Some promising weapons: ¶ A flamethrower. Used mainly on cotton, sugar cane and corn plantations, this tractor-drawn implement spurts a 2,200° flame along the ground between rows, burns off weeds without harming the stouter stalks of crop plants, costs only one-tenth as much as hoeing. ¶ Calcium cyanamide. This chemical, long used as fertilizer, has recently proved a potent weed destroyer when applied to the soil in extra-heavy doses before planting. Chief users so far: tobacco growers. ¶Oil. California vegetable growers who have tried spraying...
Divorced. Carl Van Doren, 59, crop-haired Manhattan literary critic (Mutiny in January, Benjamin Franklin); by his second wife, Jean Wright Gorman Van Doren, 44; after six years of childless marriage; in Reno...