Word: cropped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...They need not reduce the number of hogs they raise, must merely agree not to raise more than the normal number. So that AAA cannot in future be charged with paying men for raising nothing whatever, cotton farmers must raise at least 50% of their normal crop, corn farmers 25%, hog raisers...
Significance. Though the cotton contract calls for a crop reduction of 30% to 45% below normal, it does not represent as stiff a cut as has been demanded by Southern Senators who want to boost the price of cotton. This fact, in conjunction with the smaller reduction in corn planting and no reduction at all in hog raising, indicates AAA's present belief that farm prices are not likely to flop, that those who want still higher prices are less to be feared than the loss of markets, the howls of consumers...
Censorship may kill authentic news, but it is fine fertilizer for rumors. Harvesters of that exciting crop last week garnered the following stories from East Africa. ¶ Having already visited Harar, Ethiopian headquarters in the South, Emperor Haile Selassie motored last week to Dessye, main Ethiopian headquarters in the North, over a road especially repaired to make the journey possible. Dessye greeted the Emperor with arches of leaves, transparent banners, and a delegation of policemen imported from Addis Ababa to keep order. Red Cross signs, traditional marks of an Ethiopian brothel, were hastily taken from the numerous houses...
...crop of sophomores is exceptionally promising, according to uhien. Among the free stylers in this group, are two of particular ability, Charley Hutter and Dario barizzl; while John Bainbridge, George Barker, Raymond Benedict, "Diz" Caldwell, Franklin coleman, and Don McKay are also definite possibilities...
...citrus year ending last October, U. S. citizens consumed 163,029 carloads of oranges, lemons and grapefruit-39% more than the five-year average through 1929 and an all-time record. Two-thirds of the U. S. citrus crop is harvested in the California-Arizona area. Except for a smallish Texas production (largely grapefruit), Florida accounts for the rest.* And since three-fourths of the California-Arizona crop is marketed by California Fruit Growers Exchange, that famed co-operative is by far the largest factor in the U. S. citrus industry. Last week the 13,500 fruit-growing members were...