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A Piper J-3 Cub plane, similar to the one Jim Chenault and other World War II pilots used when they entered the crop-dusting business on their return home.

WORDS TO UNDERSTAND aerobatic: relating to flying tricks with an airplane. annihilation: complete destruction. boom: armlike device used to extend the reach of something.

contaminated: polluted. eradicate: wipe out; destroy.

pesticides: substances, usually chemicals, used to destroy pests, including herbicides that control unwanted plants and insecticides that control unwanted insects.

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FOOD, POPULATION, AND THE ENVIRONMENT