Word: croppings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bullpen -- Two strong bullpens are led by Manny Sarmiento (2.06 ERA), Rawley Eastwick (2.08) and Pedro Borbon (3.31) for Cincinnati, and Ron Reed (2.46), Tug McGraw (2.51) and Gene Garber (2.81) for Philadelphia. Although McGraw has postseason experience, Eastwick stands out in this bumper crop of firemen to give the Reds a slim edge in the relief department...
THAT'S WHAT HOME TEAM LOVE is really all about--optimism, the belief that the next inning, the next game, the next season will bring a better crop of Phillies. That's what sustains you. It can be addictive. I loved the Phillies so much that when they moved to Vet Stadium I became one of them. Well at least I wore a uniform. I was a vendor selling cokes that first year and the next two--until seniority at last enabled me to move into the exclusive ice cream ranks. There were only six of us on ice cream...
...even in agriculture there are now signs of a revival. As farms become larger and more efficient, agricultural experts expect the South's contribution toward meeting U.S. food demand to grow faster than the rest of the nation's. Cotton has declined in importance as a cash crop, but the slack has been taken up by other products: citrus fruit in Florida, sugar cane and rice in Louisiana. Southern soybean harvests are expected to account for 30% of the U.S. production in 1985, up from 27% in 1970. By 1985, Southern livestock farms will be producing nearly...
...Frixes have planted 25 acres with 1,000 peach trees. LG and Judy pick most of the fruit themselves. "We ain't made but one real crop, though," says Frix. "Cold weather killed them." Another 20 acres have been planted to snap beans, butter beans, cucumbers and squash, but there have been problems with those crops too. "Like a month ago I planted two acres of snap beans," he says. "They came up good. Then I go over there and found just one bean standing up. Deer was eatin' them up." The remaining 53 acres are wooded...
...Federal Disaster Assistance Administration, South Dakota farmers and ranchers stand to receive about $3 million in hay and transportation subsidies. But federal funds can do little to offset the deeper impact of the drought. According to the University of South Dakota's Business Research Bureau, the cash-crop losses could wipe out 47,500 jobs during the next year, as farms and related businesses lose sales or cut back services. If that happens, the state's unemployment rate could jump from 4.7% now to nearly 20%. Local schools may suffer, since they rely heavily on cattle head taxes...