Word: land
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Nebraska was an open prairie. For 430 miles from east to west long undulating plains stretched out like the level wheat lands of Russia. Slow-flowing, muddy rivers ran through the plains; villages were few and far apart, travel difficult. Nebraska was a state before there were people there; in 1860 the land where Lincoln, the capital, now stands was open plain. The first settlers found a continuous, nearly flat plateau, covered with long red, shaggy grass. Buffaloes ran the plains, wallowed in hardened out water holes. The winters were hard and short, the summers hot and long. In this...
They might have been party leaders, might have held the highest office in the land; both preferred to wage a lone fight...
...that dug-outs, to take the place of the former players' benches would be of benefit to both the players and spectators. However, no dug-outs will be constructed this year for several reasons. Primarily the construction of dug-outs requires digging several feet into the ground, and the land of Soldiers Field will not permit this because it is nearly as low as sea level...
...Nearly all of the elements that determine the agricultural status of any section of the country forecast to us that New England, as an agricultural district, is very productive and has a very efficient farm system. Throughout the United States as a whole, 40 per cent of the land now farmed is farmed by land tenants. That is, only 60 per cent of the men in the country who own land, do their own farming on it. This, indeed, is a very low percentage for any country hoping for agricultural advancement. However, of the 160,000 farms in New England...
Prognosticating the prospects for the coming year, in the agricultural world, Secretary Jardine said, "According to the expected crop of all grains, and other agricultural products, the year 1927 promises to be far above normal. Next year, eight per cent more land will be planted in corn than was planted this year, and there will be an increase of six per cent in acreage of land planted in wheat. Also, next year, there will be a decrease of over 6,000,000 acres in land planted with cotton. This will be of benefit to the entire country...