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...that his new-car sales for the past 60 days were 20% ahead of 1957, used cars 30%; high-priced new trucks were slow, but lower-priced used trucks were hot. Another major beneficiary of the farmer's new-found prosperity was the farm-machinery business. Owner Don Berkemeir of the Lytle Implement Co. reported that he sold 25 new tractors so far this year, drew groups of up to 25 farmers at a time to his showroom to view the latest in mechanical hay balers. "Business," said Berkemeir, "is within a few dollars of double last year." Used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMERS: Boom Times | 5/12/1958 | See Source »

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