WHAT CAME FIRST: THE CHICKEN OR THE 'GATOR?South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. is looking at a new way for poultry producers to dispose of To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of control over; to fix the condition, application, employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use. See also: Dispose dead chickens--alligators. Currently, the chickens have to be buried or burned at considerable expense. The House Agriculture Committee is looking at a bill that would set up a three-year pilot alligator alligator, large aquatic reptile of the genus Alligator, in the same order as the crocodile. There are two species—a large type found in the S United States and a small type found in E China. Alligators differ from crocodiles in several ways. farm program at 10 sites. South Carolina farmers would have to purchase their 'gators from a legal out of-state captive source at about $20 apiece. Georgia and Florida farmers are already doing it. But there are concerns. "Laundering" 'gators caught in the wild through alligator farms may increase. And alligators might escape and mix with low country natives. South Carolina Alligator Project Supervisor Walt Rhodes warns, "I don't think it is going to be the solution they're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. .... The majority of them are just interested in using alligators as garbage disposals." |
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