Word: bu
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Washington, Secretary Wallace had just fixed wheat loans for the 1938 crop and the acreage allotment for next year (55,000,000 acres, compared with about 80,000,000 actually seeded this year). Figured on the basis of 52% of the present farm parity price of wheat ($1.14 a bu.), the loans will average about 60? a bu. at the farm. The 1938 crop estimated at 967,000,000 but, will be the second largest on record, and Commodity Credit Corp. has set aside $100,000,000 for the loans. Purpose of the loans is to let farmers keep their...
...Wheat Agreement (drawn up in 1933 to limit wheat production and export), the 25 delegates from 16 nations* did nothing last week except view the outlook with much alarm. Conference experts figured that the world harvest, excluding the Soviet Union, China and Manchukuo, would total 4,205,000,000 bu., 216,000,000 bu. above the all-time record set in 1928. Especially ominous was the prospect for the U. S. Once a major wheat exporter (200,000,000 bu.), the U. S. last year sold only 100,000,000 bu. abroad. This year, unless foreign countries store part...
...pupae of many butterflies do not wrap themselves in cocoons bu, 'Depend on protective coloration for security, can therefore easily be used for laboratory experiment...
...vitamin B complex" contains at least 15 different entities, including B1 (prevents beri-beri); Bu (called riboflavin, prevents cataracts) ; nicotinic acid (prevents pellagra); a factor which prevents grey hair...
...been with the Department of Agriculture off and on since 1902. Last week Dr. Duvel submitted the CEA's proposals for speculative limits. Thereupon, Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace announced that to prevent undue price fluctuation from speculation, the Commission proposed: 1) a 2,000,000 bu. limit on net long or short positions in all futures combined or any one contract market (3,000,000 in "spread positions") except during the delivery month when the limit would be cut to 1,000,000; 2) a daily trading limit per person of 2,000,000 bu. in all futures...