Word: crop
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...appointment of an expert commission to make an investigation and to draft concrete proposals for legislation. He repeated that President Coolidge had promised to create such a commission; and he considered the moment opportune for such an enterprise, since the pressure of farm problems is temporarily relieved by better crop prices. He concluded: "Whoever promises more than this is entering into a contract which cannot be filled...
...immediately reported here, and marked on the map. In the "Cotton Ring," where brokers and traders are establishing the price for future cotton, the latter never long lose sight of the weather map. For just now, it is mostly a question of the weather how large the 1924 cotton crop will be. On Aug. 1, the Government estimated this year's crop at 12,351,000 bales. But its report of the "condition" of the crop on Aug. 16 was 64.9-from which fact the trade is beginning to talk of a 13,000,000-bale crop. The boll...
...Crop conditions are still dependent upon the weather during the coming weeks, yet prospects as to both price and volume are generally good. Industry is watching the steel business and waiting...
While the wheat farmers in the Middle West are rejoicing over foreign crop failures and higher prices for wheat, the same news is creating an almost proportionate alarm abroad through the sharp rise in the price of flour...
...effect in Central Europe will be even more serious. In Europe there are 300,000,000 bread-eaters, consuming about 550,000,000 bushels of wheat each year. France this year has a bumper crop and can feed herself...