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From his 115-acre, upstate New York farm, Breed Improver and erstwhile Agriculture Secretary Henry A. Wallace, 72, came to the defense of the harried incumbent, Orville Freeman.

From Time Magazine Archive

A great many works on agriculture appeared during the time of the Commonwealth, of which Walter Blith's Improver Improved and Samuel Hartlib's Legacie are the most valuable.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

That night there was blank dismay in every Avonlea house where an Improver lived.

From Anne of Avonlea by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

Parsons’ apprenticeship was over; he had reached the status of an Improver, and he dressed the window of the Manchester department.

From The History of Mr. Polly by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

In Blyth's Improver Improved we have one of the first accounts of covered drains.

From A Short History of English Agriculture by Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts)