Word: corn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Corn & the Queen...
...Davis' Virgin Queen: that your reviewers fail to recognize a great performance is understandable, but that they make loud and noisome puns is as unforgivable as the popcorn bags I am sure they rattle. It is some relief that not all critics have found the Virgin Queen "strictly corn of the realm...
...Agriculture Department, the Russians kept up the momentum of their questioning. They asked for samples of hybrid corn, agreed to exchange seeds; the Russians wondered whether the Department told farm-machinery companies what kind of tractors and combines they should design. When they were informed that the U.S. now has more than 4,600,000 tractors-compared to 1,500,000 fifteen years ago, one of the Russians threw his hands above his head in amazement...
...from 1½ billion to 55 million lbs. since 1953, and overall dairy surpluses have fallen by a full 54% as a result of increased U.S. consumption and a giveaway program. But last week Iowa farmers were asked to reseal on their own farms some 50 million bushels of corn, deliverable this month to the Government, but for which the Department of Agriculture can find no market and no storage space...
...After the new crop forecasts were announced last week, soybean futures fell about 6?, corn 3?, wheat went down 3? and cotton dropped 32 points...