Word: farmlands
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Montagnards, most of whom did not want to leave their elaborately carved "long houses" and their sacred burial grounds, suspect some of the moves were engineered simply to dispossess them of their own land. In fact, South Vietnamese settlers have already taken over some of the vacated farmland areas. South Viet Nam's Minister for the Development of Ethnic Minorities, Nay Luett, says that he will move fast after a cease-fire to stake out land for the hill tribes. But local Vietnamese officials are not likely to cooperate. SaysLuett, himself a Montagnard: "We will continue to have very...
...entire film is in some way a celebration of nature as seen by these farmers, the last two minutes is this alone. Kari pushes on in Minnesota while the others stop, seeking the best possible farmland for his family. He cuts his way through miles of forest until he reaches the meadows by the shores of Lake Ki-Chi-Saga. Troell cuts with a compass to four views of the land the Swede has chosen. And after Karl has chopped the bark of a tree to mark his claim, knowing that he has done right by all and enchanted...
Bureau policies are partial to the interests of big irrigators like the Southern Pacific Company, the report charged, in that Bureau projects, which raise substantially the value of farmland, are centered on the lands of the powerful. By contrast. Indian lands are neglected and Indian water is often diverted for the use of non-Indian farmers and city-dwellers, the report said...
...With one-third of the nation's cropland lying idle and with the Department of Agriculture paying farmers to produce less, the U.S. does not need to spend over $350 million per year to create new farmland," the report said...
...wife Lucille came to Illinois from their native Wisconsin with, as he proudly recalls, "nothing more than the clothes on our backs and $500 in cash." They have been remarkably successful. Together with his sons Dick, 28, and Dan, 24, Walters now owns 765 acres of prime farmland around the towns of Hebron and Woodstock; today the land is valued at more than $1,000 an acre. Three homes, three barns, five machinery sheds, three feed lots and a dozen silos stand about the spread. Throw in a rumbling squadron of assorted machinery -tractors, trucks, combines and related equipment-plus...