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soiling

(Encyclopedia) soiling, agricultural practice of feeding green fodder to livestock in the barn or dry lot. It is followed in the United States mostly in the dairy industry in seasons when pastures…

Seraing

(Encyclopedia) SeraingSeraingsərĕNˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 60,838), Liège prov., E Belgium, on the Meuse River, near Liège. It is a major center of heavy industry. Nearby is Val Saint Lambert, one of…

Puteaux

(Encyclopedia) PuteauxPuteauxpütōˈ [key], suburb W of Paris (1990 pop. 42,917), Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, on the Seine River. An important industrial center, Puteaux is the birthplace…

Prince of Wales Island, United States

(Encyclopedia) Prince of Wales Island, 2,231 sq mi (5,778 sq km), off SE Alaska; largest island of the Alexander Archipelago. The island is heavily forested, but has little arable land, no source of…

Altrincham

(Encyclopedia) Altrincham Altrincham ôlˈtrĭng-əm [key], town, Trafford metropolitan district, W central England. A suburb of Manchester, it has a textile-printing industry…

Glossop

(Encyclopedia) Glossop Glossop glŏsˈəp [key], town, Derbyshire, central England. It is a residential suburb of…

Huddersfield

(Encyclopedia) Huddersfield, city, Kirklees metropolitan district, N central England, on the Colne River. Its textile industry, including cotton,…

Jülich, town, Germany

(Encyclopedia) Jülich, town (1994 pop. 31,780), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany. It has some light industry and is the seat of a nuclear research center. Originally a Roman settlement known as…

Luton

(Encyclopedia) LutonLutonl&oomacr;ˈtən [key], borough and unitary authority (1991 pop. 163,209), S central England on the Lea River. Hats, automobiles, ball bearings, and aircraft parts are among…

North Olmsted

(Encyclopedia) North OlmstedNorth Olmstedŏmˈstĕd [key], city (1990 pop. 34,204), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland; inc. as a city 1951. It is mainly residential; the chief industry…