Word: weeded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Millions of dollars worth of Cuban sugar may be saved as the result of experiments involving successful use of the new weed-killing preparation 2, 4-D against tree-like woody weeds, it was announced by the University yesterday...
Since Adam, agricultural thinkers have longed for a magic wand to make weeds disappear. The trouble is that weeds and crop plants are much alike; one farmer's weed may be another's crop. Any wholesale killer is apt to wipe out both together...
Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced something promising: a synthetic weed killer, isopropyl-N-phenyl carbamate (IPC), which does away with at least one kind of grass without hurting certain broad-leaved crops such as sugar beets and spinach...
...noon, Harvester Dupree and his four helpers rode one of the trucks over to the weed-grown yard of the cotton gin in Faxon (pop. 178). Where cotton had reigned, wheat was now king. There were their headquarters-a 27-ft. trailer, complete with electric washing machine and king-size electric refrigerator. From the trailer came the mingled smells of good Texas beef, potatoes, beets and beans cooked by Mrs. Dupree and daughter Doris Gean...
...hoped another week might turn the trick. The strikers had little hope of winning their demand for exclusive bargaining rights for supervisory employees not now F.A.A. members. Nevertheless, they voted to stay out for fear, as one said: "If we go back without a contract they'll weed us out one at a time." This week, in tougher mood, they blocked the cars of scab foremen until police cleared the gates...