Word: farms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...agriculture experts reported that sections of the country's northern provinces were being devastated by 33 separate locust swarms, ranging in size from 5 to 40 sq. mi. Neighboring Somalia, meanwhile, reported 17 giant swarms of the buzzing, shell-covered creatures, which can sweep 100 sq. mi. of farm land clean overnight. Jean Roy, an expert in locust control operations for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), described the situation as "the worst I have known in 35 years...
...Englanders make money on sheep. But, as Fred Courser, 63, a professional shearer who has barbered 10,000 sheep in his lifetime points out: "Sheep are something anybody can have on a farm without paying all outdoors for. You can feed 'em on grass and hay, and you don't have to grain 'em. If you have the wool, you can spin it and clothe yourself. You can even eat 'em if you have...
These entrepreneurs are already supported by an amendment to last year's farm bill, which was designed to raise U.S. prices of sugar to 13.5¢ per Ib. But that has not been enough for the growers, who contend that they cannot make a profit at that price. So last week the House wound up subcommittee public hearings on a bill that would use import quotas and fees to set a floor price for sugar of 17¢ per Ib. The same bill has been put forward in the Senate by Idaho Democrat Frank Church, and it has 34 cosponsors...
...take care of all arrangements, including the sale of the old house and the purchase of the new one?at no loss to the transferred executive. Raises are generally fattened, particularly if the move is to an unattractive or expensive area such as New York City or Cleveland. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. automatically raises the base pay of managers sent to areas where living costs are higher than the national averages. The cost of living allowances: Anchorage 37%, Honolulu 27%, New York City 26%, Boston 24%, San Francisco 9%, and Los Angeles 3%. Chicago, Cleveland and Hartford...
...handful of once depressed countries, such as South Korea and Taiwan, are developing flourishing new industries. But the majority of LDCS have been knocked backward in the 1970s by a devastating one-two punch: oil price boosts that have raised the cost of running the most primitive factories and farm machines, and recession in the industrial world that has restricted markets for cotton, copper, cocoa, tin and other raw materials sold by less developed lands. In many countries of Asia and Africa, economic growth rates have dropped to around 2% a year - not enough to keep up with population expansion...