Word: grew
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...troubles began to mount when the Supreme Court sat down to hear arguments on the case of Lee Moor v. Texas & New Orleans R.R. Co. Lee Moor is a Texas farmer with 3,500 acres, of which he normally devotes about 1,600 to growing cotton. Last year he grew some 2,700 bales of cotton, but, under the Bankhead Act, he was allotted a quota of only 855 bales, for which he was given tax-free tags...
...within it for many forms of interpretation. That this is true is due to the fact that Christ on his Ascension left no book with definite rules and principles laid down for the Church, but rather left behind a group of disciples who formed a fellowship of religion which grew to become the Church...
Food Machinery started humbly in 1884 when Maine-born Californian John Bean invented the first hand spray pump, designed to battle the San Jose scale.* Spray pumps grew bigger, with higher pressures, became power driven, resulted in the manufacture of turbine pumps used in irrigating farms. Now turbine pumps are used in mines and tunnels...
...oranges, though ripe, edible and juicy, are partially or completely green in color, would sell at a disadvantage against no better but more appealing fruit. When these oranges have received the Color Process (dipping in a solution of food-color) they emerge as yellow as ever an orange grew. Color Process machinery is one of the many leased specialties of Food Machinery Corp., world's largest maker of mechanical aids to food growing, handling, packing and canning...
...Food Machinery Corp. grew (the present name dates only from 1929) many another company, many another food machine was added to it. From a peach machine which could "cook" 30 cans a minute in 1912, Food Machinery has perfected a machine which cooks 300 cans a minute today. Another important machine is the Pacific Peach Pitter, which halves and pits peaches in one operation...