Word: croppings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Vital Industry. In Miami Beach, the National Institute of Diaper Services postponed its annual convention, gave its reason: diapermen were too busy with a "bumper crop of babies...
...last week bought an estimated 9 million tons of sugar from Cuba, the island's crop for the next two years. On paper, the figure looked big. But for the U.S. housewife it would mean no relief for her aching sweet tooth. There would be no more sugar available. Sugar rationing would still be here for a long time to come...
...winding up lengthy negotiations, the U.S. bought the 1946 Cuban crop for $3.67½ per 100 Ibs. f.o.b. Cuba, instead of for the $3.10 it paid last year. Cuba wanted the U.S. to sign a contract for ten years (TIME, Jan. 28). But the U.S., mindful of the potent domestic sugar-beet lobby, signed for only...
Cuba will probably get more than the promised price. If Cuba has to pay more for food imports from the U.S., the sugar price will go up accordingly. U.S. housewives will probably pay more. And the maximum price for the 1946 crop will be the minimum price for the 1947 crop...
Last week the Department of Agriculture, in its July crop report, gave one answer: a bumper crop. If the present good weather holds, the U.S. should have a record corn crop of 3,341,646,000 bushels, 28% better than average; and 1,090,092,000 bushels of wheat. There was even optimistic talk that, with good crops in Canada, France and other countries, the demand for food would ease and grain prices would come down. Meanwhile, the retail prices of everything made of grain, bread, syrups, etc. were bound to go up to match the sky-high wholesale prices...