Essays on Blight

The Cuban missile crisis of 1962 has become a pivotal event in the history of the United States since 1929. During 13 days of the crisis, the world balanced on the brink of the wide-scale nuclear war and observed the development of this conflict with bated breath. In order to convince the reader how critical this moment was for the history and future of the world, I will describe the background and development of this event and analyze the actions of both sides of the crisis: the USA and the Soviet Union.

Background

In 1967, the New York Times article ...

American chestnut is a large tree of the Beech family and it’s only grows on the east of North America. It can reach up to 100 feet in height and almost 10 feet in diameter, so it’s really easy to recognize it. The shape of leaves, the size of nuts and the length of petiole are making it different from its European and Asian relatives (European sweet chestnut, Chinese chestnut, Japanese chestnut). The leaves, which are 5–8 inches long and 3–4 inches broad, are usually slightly shorter and wider than by the corresponding representatives of ...

My two-year crop rotation plan will include seed corn and soybeans. Soybeans will be planted in the first year on a virgin land followed by seed corn in the second year. The inclusion of a leguminous crop, like soybeans, in crop rotation, improves the soil fertility as well as the structure (Mohler and Johnson, 2009). Legumes releases nitrogen to the soil, which will reduce the amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed for the sweet corn in the following year (Griffin, Liebman, and Jemison, 2000). These crops will be planted in North Carolina.

Soybeans

The soybean cultivar to be planted is Envy, ...