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Impact of Weed Science and Agricultural Chemicals on Farm Productivity in the 1980's

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Gideon D. Hill*
Affiliation:
Biological Res., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Wilmington, DE 19898

Extract

We are meeting near the Boston Common, an historic 50-acre public park that was set aside in 1630 for “common use as a cow pasture and training field.” Records show that 100 people (pirates, Indians, Quakers, and suspected witches) were hanged on the Common by the early Puritans who established the Massachusetts colony.

There were no farmers or scientists on this list. Hopefully, after this presentation, my name will not be added to the Puritans' “hit” list.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1982 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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