Word: pests
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Nature won't I'll kill this Turnus pest...
...billboards. Motoring, in such a case, will become so pleasurable a pastime that the highways must be doubled in width, and relaid every year, and the public will be switched by three Mr. Goodwins instead of one. But such calamities, like the removal of the present pest, are remote possibilities, always pleasant to anticipate...
...Passed a bill providing $100,000 for the eradication of a European chicken pest which has infected poultry in a number of states and giving the Department of Agriculture power to fight all contagious diseases of poultry. (Went to House...
...Passed the Senate bill appropriating $100,000 to fight the chicken pest. (Went to President...
Twenty years ago the muskrat was often considered a worthless pest Dy farmers. Their skins brought as little as 25 cents apiece, and the swampy land in which they live was looked upon as valueless and unproductive. Today, muskrat fur is in constant demand at good prices and some muskrat swamps are now worth far more than nearby arable soil. In proportion as irrigation projects are reducing the swamp area of the country, both the muskrat and his habitat are gaining steadily in value...