Cotton is considered the world's dirtiest crop due to its heavy use of pesticides. Aldicarb, cotton's second best-selling insecticide and most acutely poisonous to humans and wildlife, is still used in 25 countries, including the U.S., where 16 states reported it in their groundwater.
Frances Farmer (1913â1970) Actress | Soundtrack | Writer. Born in Seattle, Frances Farmer studied drama at the University of Washington, Seattle. In 1935, she went to Hollywood where she secured a seven-year contract with Paramount.
A young Frances Bavier publicity photo as a fledging Broadway stage actress. Aunt Bee was a looker! No, I am serious. Briscoe Darling, the various traveling salesmen, and all her other suitors on the Andy Griffith Show had it right. She was some catchâ¦but no one ever did! Frances Elizabeth Bavier was born in New York on December 14, 1902.