The complete online text of Harvest by Mary Augusta Ward.

Mrs. Humphry Ward, born Mary Augusta Arnold, won worldwide recognition with the publication of Robert Elsmere (1888), which dramatized for countless readers the loss of faith in orthodox Christianity that resulted from the development of evolutionary sci...

Often when the question of mechanical harvesting of wine grapes comes up, potential labor shortages are also discussed. While there seems little doubt that crackdowns on immigration and other issues could trigger a labor shortage, many growers and vineyard managers mention the high...

The world didn't come to an end and the whitetail antlerless (doe) deer population was not decimated by last fall's landmark two-week anterless (doe) season. Hunters took 486,014 deer during Pennsylvania's 2001-2002 hunting seasons, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. In the 2000-...

An anti-spam organization filed a federal lawsuit Thursday targeting so-called spam harvesters, who facilitate the mass distribution of junk e-mail by trolling the Internet and collecting millions of e-mail addresses.The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Alexandria by a Utah company called Unspam...

Two tractors move slowly through a field with mechanical contraptions hanging off one side that rake blueberries from low-lying bushes.Walter Degreenia drives one of the tractors. His wife, Gail, stands on a back platform sorting through the berries as they are carried on a conveyor...