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Word: ranchmen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...human consumers. For many months the Department has been trying to find out why, in a few arid regions of the Southwest, wheat, corn and alfalfa are sickly, and why cattle fed solely on this sickly fodder are puny and short-lived. The Department did not like to hear ranchmen blame "alkali disease," because during the last century alkali disease afflicted the Indians inhabiting the same areas. Last week, when it could also report progress on a cure, the Department explained what was ailing the cattle. It was not alkali disease, said the Department, but selenium poisoning. Selenium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Selenium Poisoning | 11/13/1933 | See Source »

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