Word: harvester
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...young peasant women and 1% of young peasant men; 26% of middle-aged peasant women and 3% of their men; 48% of elderly peasant women and 14% of their men. Because of the time these people "waste" in church, declared Communist zealots at Yaroslavl, the Soviet harvest for 1936 was 35% less than it would have been if they had worked during the time they prayed...
...Slightly indisposed," Emperor Hirohito of Japan suspended the nation's autumn harvest thanksgiving ritual at which he was expected to offer rice to the Gods of the Imperial Sanctuary...
...bottomlands in bayou country, in cultivated groves across the southern U. S. last week began the harvest of what promises to be the shortest pecan* crop in more than a decade. Government estimates for the new crop are 33,330,000 Ib. compared with a bumper yield of 95,340,000 Ib. in 1935. Not one cent will be earned by the Texas nut grove of the most eminent U. S. pecan grower, John Nance Garner. Just before he broadcast his only campaign speech from his home in Uvalde, the Vice President let it be known that his pecans were...
Precipitous drops in the U. S. pecan harvest are nothing new but growers do not agree on reasons. Some say that nut pests thrive so well on a good crop that they appear in legions to infest the next one. Some say that rain did not fall at the right time, others that "pecan trees are just that...
Although the A team was able to harvest of 30-0 victory, the game was by no means a one-sided affair, and new A team starters showed marked supremacy over their individual rivals. Although this implies that few "naturals" have emerged from the multitude so far, it also means that Harlow should be able to keep eleven fresh men on the field throughout 60 minutes of play without seriously impairing the starting strength...