Word: burrus
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...million blunder by Dallas' big Burrus Mills, which undertook to store 37 million bu. of surplus wheat in special tents three years ago because conventional grain-elevator space was unavailable. Floods came, starlings pecked holes in the thin canvas, rats and insects invaded the tents. When time came to release the wheat, much of it was fit only for animal feed. The Agriculture Department is withholding $4,700,000 in storage fees and wants another $8,000,000 in damages. Sadly, Burrus admits it owes the U.S. $10.7 million, questions only $2,000,000 of the Government...