chemigation
n.— «North Dakota farmers see the practice of applying pesticides and fertilizers through irrigation systems as being easier and cheaper than other methods.…Herb Grenz of Linton, who rents land to a farmer who sometimes uses chemigation to apply nitrogen fertilizer to potatoes, said a concrete containment system would be an added cost and extra work.» —“State studying possible new rules for chemigation” by Blake Nicholson Bismarck Tribune (North Dakota) Aug. 5, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Brian from Mandan, North Dakota, is puzzling over one of her mother’s sayings. If someone left quickly or abruptly, she’d say that they took off like a ruptured duck. There’s a famous World War II-era military discharge emblem featuring an eagle...
The phrase potatoes and point involves a family tradition from times of scarcity when eaters would point to an imaginary food and ask for it to be passed when there was clearly no such food to be had. Irish sources trace potatoes and point to the...