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Classic example of the prosperity which other farmers may enjoy is the State of Iowa. Last year her 450,000,000-bu. corn crop, at an average price of 31¢ a bu., was worth $136,385,000. This year's crop, estimated at not more than 261,000,000 bu. will sell, experts agree, at above 62¢?a total net gain for the State of some $25,000,000 over last year. With last week's hog prices up to $6.65 a cwt. against $2.80 in June, the Des Moines Register & Tribune's able Farm Editor J. S. Russell...
...Finally there was a good chance for Iowa farmers to cash in on last year's corn crop. Under seal on Iowa farms are 100,000,000 bu. against which AAA made loans at 45¢ a bu. Farmers may regain title to this corn by paying off the loans. With corn selling currently in Iowa at 65¢, they can realize a 20¢ per bu. profit, or a total...
...confirmed the worst fears for U. S. Agriculture. The wheat fields were not quite so bare as private observers had calculated (TIME, Aug 6). But cotton-land had shrunk below the gloomiest private guesses. And the misadventures of corn were a sensation. In a month, 500,000,000 bu. of corn had disappeared from U. S. fields and the 1934 harvest was officially estimated as 1,600,000,000 bu. as against 2,300,000,000 bu. last year. The price of corn jumped quickly to 88?...
...bu. of apples as against a five-year average...
...bu. of flaxseed as against a five-year average...