Previous work on Georgia plantations has provided useful data about life on the large plantations on barrier islands. More recent work on small to mid-sized plantations reveals that slaves’ acquisition of ceramics may reflect more of their own decisions on what was purchased and what was used. Coarser ware frequencies indicate food preparation and storage in the slave quarters. Porcelain was of...

We report 37-year-old man admitted to the psychiatric ward with acute depression. Antidepressive medications were initiated including: promethazine hydrochloride, hydroxyzine hydrochloride, lorazepam and haloperidol. In an attempt to control his depression, doctors increased the dose of haloperidol. Five days later he developed fever, cough, confusion and he was unable to eat. Accordingly, he w...

Although the first, pioneer missionaries o f the D. R. C. Mission were not fully qualified medical doctors, they played a big role in introducing western medicine among the indigenous population and in this way countered the practice o f the witch-doctors. With their limited knowledge o f medicine, they knew enough to treat the indigenous people, their fellow missionaries as well as other peopl...

This article explores the early history of two American peanut companies: Planters and Tom’s. Both food manufacturers developed major commercial brands through ownership intellectual property. In this case, sourcing different types figured into marketing salted peanuts. Through a legal dispute involving Tom’s patented retail bag, I examine how packaging changed way that peanuts were advertised,...

Aim: To evaluate the performance of planters under different tillage practices on growth, yield, energy use efficiency, and economics rabi maize.
 Study Design: Split-plot.
 Place Duration Study: Maize Research Centre, ARI, Rajendranagar between November 2021 April 2022.
 Methodology: A field experiment was conducted at Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy (District) during 2021...

Traditional passive ground wheel drive of peanut planters has displayed poor high-speed seeding performance and the slippage caused in case sticky wet soil. Given this, an integrated electric-driven precision seed metering device controller were designed, which features application improved fuzzy PID algorithm. Based on a small planter with one ridge width duplicate rows, servo motor is used to...

Sir,?I read with interest Dr. Measham's article on ' Vitex peduncularis in the Treatment of Blackwater Fever' appearing in the January 1940 issue of the Indian Medical Gazette. Indeed, there exists a common belief amongst the tea planters that Vitex "peduncularis is a cure for blackwater fever, and it is for this reason that the plant is being cultivated in numerous tea estates and forest nurse...

The oil palm fruit mesocarp contains high lipase activity that increases free fatty acids and necessitates post-harvest inactivation by heat treatment of fruit bunches. Even before heat treatment the mesocarp lipase activity causes consequential oil losses and requires costly measures to limit free fatty acids quantities. Here we demonstrate that elite low-lipase lines yield oil with substantia...