Word: soils
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...Central Bank of all restrictions against the entry of foreign capital into Argentina. There was even talk of seeking a U.S. loan. For Peron, this remedy would have a bitter taste. He has boasted that by the end of his six-year term "not an inch of soil, not a breath of air" in Argentina would be alien-owned. Now foreign capital was to receive "the same treatment and rights enjoyed by Argentine capital...
...guests quaffed beer and cocktails, munched cold meats and salad, buffet-style, then watched a new Ford tractor plow the hard clay of the field outside. Said Young Henry, introducing his latest product: "Since the days of my grandfather ... we have always had one foot in the soil, and one foot in industry. We will continue that policy...
Early birds, anglers and farmers had bad news last week. Lumbricus terrestris -better known as the earthworm-is in serious trouble. U.S. Soil Conservationists Henry Hopp and Paul J. Linder have warned in Science magazine that the earthworm population in some sections of the U.S. is dipping alarmingly...
Color & Variety. To farmers who are not particularly worried about an earthworm shortage, Hopp & Linder point out that the earthworm is one of the world's most efficient farmhands: it does an enormous amount of soil conservation. Toiling underground, the hard-working worms in one acre can eat, pulverize, fertilize, aerate and move ten tons of earth in a year's time. Charles Darwin, who had a profound respect for the earthworm, doubted whether "there are many other animals which have played such an important part in the history of the world...
...farms. In one half-mile stretch on Big Seatuck Creek alone, nearly 1,000,000 ducks are being raised this year. It all started when Farmer W. W. Hallock bought some of Yankee Palmer's eggs and began raising "Pekin" ducks. The ducks thrived on the sandy soil and the tidal streams. Quack Farmer Hallock soon had plenty of rivals...