shoot, shovel and shut up v. phr.— «Worse, the law may actually speed up extinctions. Farmers have an incentive to destroy protected species before the biologists find them—a practice known as “shoot, shovel and shut up.”» —“The overcrowded ark” in...
bombie n.— «As many as 30% of the bombs dropped on Laos did not explode, leaving up to 20 million unexploded submunitions, also known as “bombies” littered throughout the country. These American “bombies” may be thirty years old, but they continue...
butt cut n.— «“There really haven’t been, in recent years, blatant cases of timber theft—where a harvester goes in to a 40-acre tract of timber and harvests it and suddenly disappears,” Bell said. One relatively large case involved a logger who...
red market n.— «I would hope we can set up so-called “red markets” soon. These would be specially licensed markets to which farmers could bring animals for sale, one condition being that unsold animals could not be taken back to farms.» —“Foot-and...
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...
swampbuster n.— « Title XII—Prohibits USDA program benefits to farmers who convert highly erodible land (“sodbusters”) or wetlands (“swampbusters”) to cropland. Authorizes a conservation reserve of 40 to 45 million acres by 1990. » —“Provisions of...
