Word: plowman
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...free agents in matters "relating to politics or religion." Said ex-Editor Henson: "Folks who excuse the Oxford Group by saying 'the play was all right' aren't acquainted with Georgia mules. A Georgia mule will be perfectly nice for a year to lure the trusting plowman squarely behind his heels for a kickoff...
...curtain raiser for the huskers was a plowman's match, an innovation on the program, held on the neighboring Denger farm. The straightest furrows, the neatest turns with a tractor-drawn plow were made by Fred Timbers, who had traveled from Ontario to show what Canadian farmers could do. Fred Timbers became the first international champion of plowmen...
...reservations, with a slow, critical eye looked over farm implements on display at the Keppy farm, grinned at a map of Iowa made of over a million corn kernels. But what they really liked best were Irving Bauman's 46.71 bushels of husked corn. Plowman Timbers' neat turns and straight rows...
...poet presented some of his less frequently delivered pieces, as well as such old favorites as "The Witch of Coos." A special selection was "The Death of the Hired Man," which he said had been inspired by "Piers Plowman." Also included were "Provide, Provide," "Spring Pools," "I Have Been Well Acquainted With The Night," "Paul's Wife," and several others...
...court which "Zeus" Hughes molded into a harddriving, efficient agency of government, Justice Butler was two invaluable things-a workhorse and a judicial craftsman. All jobs need professionals, plowmen who can drive their furrow in hard ground, and cut that furrow straight, deep and clean. Such a hard-working plowman was Pierce Butler, carrying the burden and heat of the day for his conservative colleagues, while Justice Van Devanter smiled blandly, Justice Sutherland worked sporadically, and Justice McReynolds contented himself with indignant snorts...