DDT use boosts Upper Peninsula potato yields to record highs
Michigan's Upper Peninsula reports extraordinary potato harvests with many growers yielding 200 to 600 bushels per acre aided by DDT spray. County agents credit experimental guidance from 1945 and the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station. The piece notes broader references to DDT effects in Brazil and Bikini tests, plus county and state savings bond sales figures and a June July push to channel surplus money into Savings Bonds.
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Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry and other book notes
A review recalls Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano set in 1930s Mexico detailing Geoffrey Firnim and his entangled loves while exploring themes of disintegration and despair. The piece also mentions The Book of the Month Club recommendation and picks from The Holiday Reader with anecdotes and excerpts across genres.
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