Sulfur Pollution Could Cost Farmers Billions in Losses
TVA scientist J C Noggle warns that coal plant sulfur dioxide reduces crop yields across seven states. Eliminating pollution could cut production by as much as 10 percent, forcing farmers to spend 6 to 7 million dollars annually to replace lost sulfur via fertilizer.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
J.C. Noggle
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Noggle
Meaure
Broom Corn Broom Makers Still Tie To Winter Traditions
Elmer and Mildred Gentry, 63, run the family broom works in Neoga Illinois, weaving broom corn into whisk and hotel brooms. Once a regional craft, broom corn farming peaked in Illinois in the 1930s before mechanization ended production. The couple emphasize quality workmanship and preserve a festival memory in Arcola each year.
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Neoga
UPI
Elmer Gentry
Gentry
Mildred
Benjamin Franklin
Midwest
Illinois
Ilinois
Arcola
ISU Beef Grading Said to Need Change by Zmolek
Iowa State University extension beef specialist William Zmolek argues the current beef grading system is outdated as genetics feeding practices and slaughter ages have shifted. He notes about 40 breeds exist today, with leaner beef demand and new processing methods not reflected by current grades. A national beef grading conference is planned for January 1981 at ISU to address these issues.
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Ames
Iowa State University Extension
William Zmolek
Zmolek
Iowa State University
ISU
Win at Bridge by Oswald Jacoby and Alan Sontag
Bridge column discusses complex play by Jacoby and Sontag with a five diamonds contract and defensive challenges. It outlines king heart and spade ruffs, setup of dummy’s fifth heart, and timing of trump leads to maximize 11 tricks under split spade layouts.
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Oswald Jacoby
Alan Sontag
Oswald
East
West
Alan
South
Dummy
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