When we first became involved in trading grain and soybeans, one of the most impressive features of grain trade practices for us was the casual, off-handed way in which the buying and selling of grain was conducted. Transactions between buyers and sellers were almost always negotiated verbally. Buy/sell agreements were sometimes acknowledged by a handshake if the parties were physically together, perhaps on the floor of a grain exchange. More often an agreement on a trade was reached in a telephone conversation between a buyer and a seller. But once that handshake or telephone conversation occurred, a binding agreement was forged that had the force of a formal contract. A grain trader's word was his bond, and the sanctity of those contrac...
A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically several centimeters in length and half a centimetre wide. They were made by humans from at least the Upper Paleolithic, across Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. The microliths were used in spear points and arrowhea...
Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
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Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.