Word: harvestings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...next week are not a battalion of Grim Reapers as far as the Hoover cause is concerned, they have in the bag, at least, the easily sown kernels of discontent. Governor McMullen feels that the farmers, asserting themselves before the Wall Street gang, can reap at least their political harvest, but the callous press of his native state unites in calling his aspirations fertilizer...
...ratoon fields of both of these Harvard variants, planted side by side with Cristalina, have always shown superior yields and a much slower depreciation in field value: consequently they require replanting less frequently, which is an important consideration, as new plantings usually cause the loss of a harvest and an outlay of $2,000 to $2,500 per caballeria...
...midst of this apathy Mr. Laski sounds a note of warning which unquestionably merits of moment's pause. "America, in fact, is applying eighteenth century ideas and institutions to the problems of a twentieth century civilization. Prosperity may postpone the gathering of the harvest: but one day, assuredly, a new generation will rean us fruit...
...poor quality since the War, and do not now contain a sufficient proportion of protein and gluten. This effect has been wrought by the post War shortage of man power on the farms, which has induced land owners to plant a species of wheat seeds giving a greater harvest with less care, but an inferior grade of wheat. For this reason the Grands Moulins de Paris bought 10,000,000 bushels of prime U. S. wheat for milling, last year, and are placing still heavier orders at present...
...estimated that it will cost Sir Joseph over $20,000 per year to keep The Harvest Waggon: interest on his money, insurance...