Word: ruralization
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...Whoever wrote that article [reporting that the Department of Agriculture was battling rural superstitions-TIME, May 20] is neither a scientist nor an agriculturist because, whether or not the moon influences the crop yield in general, a full moon can assist in seeding time. The light that comes from the moon is polarized, and seeds germinate better under polarized light. I am unable to quote any authority for this statement...
Cities and countryside alike had been devastated. Fischer found Poltava and Kremenchug "worse than Berlin," his previous superlative of destruction. Kharkov was almost as bad. The great Donbas industrial basin was one wide ruin. Rural areas were little better...
With the burgeoning Government revenue, Grau had great plans for Cuba: 500 rural schools, a trade and agricultural institute, a badly needed public beach for Habaneros, a $100,000-a-month workers' housing program. Grau also planned an agrarian bank to encourage long-term development of truck farming and cattle raising, and new roads to bring farm products to town. His reiterated basic aim: a Cuba half industrial, half agricultural...
...nation's best schoolteacher? How can anyone possibly tell? Nevertheless, a sensible, good-natured rural New Jersey schoolmarm was so designated last week. She found the idea "rather silly...
When the city votes were counted last week, it looked as if "Big Jim" still had no chance to be in at the finish. In Birmingham and other C.I.O. strong spots, he was well behind. But when the tally came in from rural areas (where he had soft-pedaled his P.A.C. support), "Big Jim" spurted ahead. At the finish he was well in front of Handy Ellis, but not far enough for a clean-cut victory. Thoroughly frightened, Alabama's professionals rallied around Ellis for a slugging run-off primary battle with the lone giant...