Word: beltâ
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Dates: during 1935-1935
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Basically the technique of all wheat forecasts is the same. While the Government collects its information from between 50,000 and 100,000 farmers, private forecasters get theirs from a smaller number of correspondents all through the wheat belt???farmers, bankers, professional men, grain brokers, millers. Every correspondent receives a questionnaire each month asking the condition of the crop in his neighborhood. Before answering he generally takes a spin in his car through the fields, carefully inspecting the stand for blight, damage from drought or rain, condition of the kernel. He makes his report to the forecaster on the basis...
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