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Author: Cindy Lambert

The Rise Of Farm Protective Associations: Fighting Crime And Fraud In Prohibition-Era Agriculture

The Rise Of Farm Protective Associations: Fighting Crime And Fraud In Prohibition-Era Agriculture

Posted by | Nov 10, 2025 | , |

Many farm and agricultural journals of the time, including American Agriculturist, created new departments and named them Service Bureaus. These departments acted as a consumer advocate and as an intermediary between companies and subscribers. The service was not free. For a minimum subscription, each member received a membership certificate and a sign. (Maybe in some cases, this was published on cardboard, depending on the level of membership subscription.)

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The Secret Is In The Quality Of The Cut

The Secret Is In The Quality Of The Cut

Posted by | Jul 31, 2025 | , |

In the mid-nineteenth century, French winemakers imported species of grapes from the eastern coast of the United States and Canada to see if they could mix them with European varieties to make new kinds of wine grapes. But as is often the case with plants sent around the world, the grapes were not all the winemakers got. A species of tiny aphid came along for the ride.

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