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Fourth place went to the Terriers' Thakery. Don French and Frank Nahigian took fifth and sixth for the Crimson, followed by Bill Smith of BU, Bill Engs and Paul Beck of the Crimson, and Beck-with of the Terriers...
...BU runners took two firsts, but the Crimson cross country squads scored their second victories of the year against the Terriers at Franklin Field yesterday. The varsity won 24 to 37, the Yardlings...
...selling in wheat futures. As U.S. farmers got ready to vote on wheat marketing quotas, the traders were hedging the possibility that controls would be voted down, thus automatically cutting Government price supports for wheat nearly in half. In the hectic trading, September futures fell to $1.75 a bu., the lowest price in six years and 60? below the price a year ago. The fears about the voting were unjustified (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS, and September futures soon rebounded to $1.88 as flour mills made big buys at the bargain prices. But the fact remained that, not only in wheat...
...year's total crop production, the Agriculture Department estimated last week, will be second only to 1948's record. And this is being added to growing surpluses piled up from previous years. One reason for the wheat pile-up is the slump in exports, down 94 million bu. (or about 37%) in 1953's first half. Corn, the nation's biggest crop, is also heading for a glut. By October, stocks are expected to reach 4.1 billion bu., largest in U.S. history. Acreage allotments for corn are inescapable...
...whether marketing quotas should be imposed, the first such poll in eleven years. If two-thirds of the farmers approve the quotas, as expected, they may sell only as much as they produce, and the Government will continue to support wheat at 90% of parity (now about $2.20 a bu.). If the quotas are not approved, the support price will automatically be cut to 50% of parity and farmers will be free to sell storage wheat also...