Word: loam
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...sandy loam of the valley, when irrigated by good water from Roosevelt Dam,* produces superior vegetables. But 1,000 disgruntled farmers had gathered together in the valley for a protest parade. They were incensed at 1,000 chipper little Japanese and some three dozen Hindus who were raising great big heads of lettuce and juicy lemons on their fertile valley soil, eating rice and doing nicely while an honest Aryan could not make a decent living...
...actual running of the Kentucky Derby, over a mile-and-a-quarter of chocolate-colored loam at Churchill Downs, takes a few seconds more than two minutes. As the horses paraded to the post last week, Crystal Prince shied at the loud band playing "Swanee River." Cee Tee and Tick On made trouble at the barrier. Cee Tee was placed outside and when the barrier finally sprang after 15½ min., Tick On was pocketed behind the field. It took Fator on Brother Joe about a half-mile to find that he had picked the wrong horse. Brother Joe pulled...
Extensive excavation is now being carried on in the Eliot House courtyard preparatory to planting a large number of bushes and flowers. Due to the lack of proper soil, loam will hare to be filled in to the extent of about two feet. About 15 trees have been planted recently...
What will become of the undergraduate clubs? The older ones which sink their roots into the social loam and financial subsoil of the surrounding community, academic Cantabrigian and urbane Bostonese, will no doubt go on much as usual, at least for the present...
...University of Illinois stadium, the gridiron, worn ragged, got a $3.000 resurfacing. Sod with a mixture of sand, clay, loam, best for drainage, most free from weeds, was found in a pasture, brought 15 miles to its final, glorious resting place...