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    In 1791, under the advisement of Alexander Hamilton, congress passed the whiskey tax. This tax, put a twenty-five percent tax on whiskey. Hamilton created this tax in hopes of the federal government gaining more money to help pay of the nation’s debt. However, in doing so, this angered many people, especially farmers in western Pennsylvania, because they distilled the extra grain they had to make whiskey and sell it to make extra income. These small operations in western Pennsylvania rebelled by

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    “Catcher in The Rye” One instance in which the author uses symbolism to show a deeper meaning is when the record “The Little Shirley Beans” is used to show Holden’s desire to hold on to his innocence. Holden wants to find this record that he heard at Pencey for Phoebe. It’s a children's record that holden spends 5 dollars on, only for it to be “broken into 50 pieces”(118). Since the record was for children, it symbolised the innocence of a child. When the book is broken it is showing Holden's

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    Scholars believe tares are darnel (a noxious weedy rye grass often found in grain fields), whose seeds become toxic when certain fungi infest them, which in turn, renders them harmful to cash crops such as wheat. Uprooting them also uproots the wheat; therefore, farmers leave them in the ground until harvest time when the chaff can be safely separated from the grain and subsequently burnt. Good and evil similarly co-exist in the local church, which underscores the "for all people" aspect Church

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    In January, 2013 we began our experimental work by conducting detailed analysis of results of bread produced with 100% Ontario based flour. Since direct application of Ontario based flour resulted in excessive dryness, and reduced volume of bread, we decided to conduct series of semi – industrial trials in order to adapt our present formula to new flour chemical composition. The objective of our investigation in this phase was to apply Ontario flour, and get the bread with the same moisture, and

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    witch trials and noticed a connection between the unusual symptoms that the accusers reported and symptoms of the hallucinogenic effects of a drug like LSD. LSD is a derivative of ergot, a fungus that affects rye grain which is caused by the fungus Claviceps purpurea. This fungus can affect rye, wheat, and other cereal grasses which were all in popular demand in Salem at the time of the witch trials. Toxicologist found that eating ergot-contaminated food could lead to violent muscle spasms, vomiting

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    Victor Mateos 9/3/2016 The reason behind the Salem witch trial hysteria of 1692 was Ergot. First of all, according to document N in Paragraph one Ergot is a parasitic fungus which grows on a variety of grains especially rye. This fungus contains 10 percent of LSD which can be found in seeds used by the Aztecs that are linked to hallucinogenic drugs. Warm, damp, rainy springs and summers were a great time for Ergot to grow. According to document B the hangings happened around summer (June-September)

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    fungus growth, and the ergot rye fungus was used in the process of making dough. When people say that fungus is the reason for the girl’s actions, they are not being specific.  There are millions of food fungus’ in the world,

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    Toxins In The Crucible

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    name and it is Ergot fungus. When rye grains is contaminated with ergot fungus and then eaten strange things begin to happen. Linnda Caporael (given her creditioanals ) proved 284 years later in the year of our lord 1976 that it was the ergot fungus toxin behind what happened in Salem Massachusetts that winter causing twenty people to lose their lives by hanging to accusations of witchcraft. http://www.physics.smu.edu/scalise/P3333sp08/Ulcers/ergotism.html Rye is a cereal

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    Care to Grow Mushrooms? Here 's What You Need to Know By Hara Mae Ople Bado | Submitted On January 04, 2013 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Are you the one who wants to join in the bandwagon and cultivate

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    Corner in Wheat Reflection Paper Corner in Wheat is a film created by D.W. Griffith in 1909. The film focuses on the three divisions of the wheat market, which was rare at the time because most films during the early twentieth century focused on people. The first division showcases the farmers who grow the wheat. The next division portrays the Wheat King, a wealthy businessman who controls the wheat market. The last division follows the bakery, the place that distributes the wheat, and the consumers

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