Word: cottons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...surplus wheat, corn, cotton, cheese, etc., in federal storage adds up to such fantastic bulk that it costs nearly $1 billion a year just to store the stuff while it slowly deteriorates. And the costs threaten to climb higher as farm output keeps rising. Last week the Agriculture Department reported that, though planted acreage was the smallest since 1918, the U.S.'s total 1958 crop output topped by a startling 11% the previous record highs of 1948, 1956 and 1957. For wheat and corn, already in generous oversupply, farmers set new yield-per-acre records...
...Cotton...
...headed straight down the village road at a brisk pace, looking neither to right nor left. A man with a lantern raced ahead of Bhave to light his way. Following after came some three dozen wraithlike women secretaries and husky disciples-including the barefoot son of a wealthy cotton-mill owner, a nephew of India's Finance Minister, and landowners who had joined Bhave after giving away their estates. As the day slowly brightened, peasants began lining the road to greet Bhave. Some decked him with garlands, others tried to touch him. Gently, Vinoba Bhave discouraged such marks...
...Barwick, mother of four Stateside children, will roast a wild boar and some venison, bake a few pies. There will be tango music blasting across the red dirt street from Banmethuot's Chinese cinema, and John will pass around iced Algerian wine. Instead of the traditional Christmas tree, cotton balls on bamboo shoots will have to do. After the party the young American assistants will leave Banmethuot; two by two, they will scatter into remote settlements of Viet Nam, teaching still others to farm-earning still other copper bracelets that cannot be found under the tree at home...
Such improved synthetics have cut into the market for Old King Cotton. In one generation the percentage of cotton-fiber sales dipped from 85% to 65% of total U.S. fiber sales. But cottonmen are fighting back by developing goods with wash-and-wear finishes. Most of Dan River's cottons are now treated with finish that produces drip-dry, wrinkle-free cotton shirts, bedsheets...