Tillage

The text is a letter written by Nicholas Cummins, a county magistrate from Cork, in the end of 1846, and addressed to Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. Cummins also sent the same letter to the London Times in a desperate attempt to call upon the sensitiveness of the readers in London, in order to fight against the public disbelief about the magnitude of Irish suffering, acting as an eyewitness of the horror lived by peasants, children and women, in the south west of Ireland, namely in…

effects, are no longer needed with pest resistant crops. Now farmers can not only decrease expenditures on insecticides and increase their incomes, but also improve the quality of nearby water supplies. Farmers can now also practice conservation tillage farming –…

What my research aims to examine is whether or not Western North Carolina is abiding by sustainable measures in order to keep a well-kept environment by following the correct procedures of animal agriculture and whether or not this information is readily available for public access. The term animal agriculture is also known as “factory farming” and “animal husbandry”, meaning “a branch of agriculture concerned with the production and care of domestic animals” (Merriam-Webster). The animal…

The renowned fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast, originated from La Belle et la Bete; which was written by Madame Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, in 1740. In 1756, Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, a French novelist, revised the fairy tale to shorten the length and be appropriate for children. In Madame’s original version of Beauty and the Beast, was drawn-out, being over 300 pages long. Jeanne made various changes to La Belle et la Bete; she took out the sexuality component and numerous…

Every November 1st, the people of Mexico gather to celebrate the lives of their deceased loved ones on a holiday called Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. Part of the celebration is partaking in observing the annual migrations of the monarch butterfly, as they are said to be the souls of the deceased revisiting the earth because they always mysteriously appear on the same day every year, the Day of the Dead (“Dia de los Muertos”). However, in 2013, the butterflies did not arrive, only…

The irony of the stark differences of political viewpoints between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans is that their differences originate from a common goal - to form a more perfect union. These differing viewpoints can be separated into two categories - hopes and fears. These hopes and fears of the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans differed in the sense that they contrasted politically, socially, and economically pertaining to every issue. Ranging from foreign affairs, the…

America and over 26 plants worldwide, CNH Industrial - New Holland Agriculture is a leader in the manufacturing of agricultural machinery products. The 632,008 square foot plant in Saskatoon, is an award-winning manufacturing plant specializing in tillage, seeding, planting and spraying equipment. The factory layout is divided into the east (manufacturing) and west (warehouse) plants. The manufacturing process includes (1) Fabrication, (2) Welding, (3) Painting, and (4) Assembly. The CNH…

Genetically Modified Foods Genetically Modified Foods is what the future of this world will look like. Many people are not well informed about the beneficial facts GMOs can bring to our health, the farming environments, and world hunger. Genetic modification can transform the number of nutrients we put in our body, can cooperate with rapid climate changes, and most importantly, will solve the major conflict of world hunger. What are GMOS? Where did they come from? GMOS represent genetically…

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO), are being heavily debated in the agricultural world. The process of making GMOs is called genetic engineering. GMOs are under a lot of fire for being unsafe and not beneficial to society, but the arguments against them are flawed. GMOs have many benefits to society so regulations for them need to be based on science and knowledge. GMOs are needed to help ease farmers work load, increase yield, and regulations need to be based of real science. GMOS have been…

Niklas Aggelidis Dr. Blackwood English 11 6 March 2015 Genetic Engineering – How far will we go? We are living in a world which is changing with an exponential pace; every day humans are creating new inventions, gathering new knowledge about scientific phenomena and starting new empirical projects. Genetic engineered organisms are yet part of our life on a daily basis, even though we do not recognize it as that. Already today there are heated debates about how far we should go with genetically…