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harrow, in agriculture

(Encyclopedia) harrow, farm implement, consisting of a wooden or metal framework bearing metal disks, teeth, or sharp projecting points, called tines, which is dragged over plowed land to pulverize…

Provensen, Alice

(Encyclopedia) Provensen, Alice, 1918–2018, b. Chicago as Alice Rose Twitchell, and Martin ProvensenProvensen, Alice,prōˈvĕnsĕn [key], 1916–87, b. Chicago, American children's book authors and…

The Animal

Director:Luke GreenfieldWriters:Tom Brady and Rob SchneiderColumbia Pictures; PG-13; 83 minutesRelease:6/01Cast:Rob Schneider, Colleen Haskell, John McGinley Given the chance, a good friend…

moss animal

(Encyclopedia) moss animal, common name applied to members of the phylum Ectoprocta.

animal husbandry

(Encyclopedia) animal husbandry, aspect of agriculture concerned with the care and breeding of domestic animals such as cattle, goats, sheep, hogs, and horses. Domestication of wild animal species…

Walt Whitman: A Farm Picture

A Farm PictureThrough the ample open door of the peaceful country barn, A sunlit pasture field with cattle and horses feeding, And haze and vista, and the far horizon fading away.

Christina Rossetti: A Farm Walk

A Farm WalkThe year stood at its equinox And bluff the North was blowing, A bleat of lambs came from the flocks, Green hardy things were growing; I met a maid with shining locks Where…

Farm Indexes, 1975–2007

(1990–1992 = 100) Find the amounts paid and received by farmers from 1975 to 2007. Year Prices paidby farmers1 Prices rec'dby…

Brewer's: Fee-farm-rent

is where an estate is granted, subject to a rent in fee of at least one-fourth its value. It is rent paid on lands let to farm, and not let in recompense of service at a greatly reduced…