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After Record Month, Obama Fund Raising Slowed in Early October
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.
Americans will elect a new president one week from Tuesday.
As the campaign enters its final week, some are still undecided. Two polls, from the Associated Press and Investor’s Business Daily, showed Barack Obama leading by just one point among likely voters. But other opinion polls show him [...]
A Clean Farm Can Reduce Risk of Mastitis
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
Cows, sheep, goats and other animals can get mastitis, an inflammation in the udder, the organ where milk is produced.
Milk from an untreated cow is still relatively safe to drink. But the milk is full of white blood cells that thicken and make the milk go bad more [...]
Building a Windbreak to Protect Crops
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
A windbreak
Farmers use different kinds of soil conservation methods to protect their land from damage by farming and the forces of nature. One important form of soil conservation is the use of windbreaks.
Windbreaks are barriers formed by trees and other plants. [...]
