Word: demands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...some 29 million acres were taken out of wheat and cotton production under the crop quota program. But on 17 million acres farmers started growing feed grains. This and the large corn crops pushed down the price of feed, thus encouraged farmers to raise cattle faster than the demand called for. To add to the trouble, pig production, which normally does not move up with cattle production, also increased. As a result, the estimated farm value of cattle has now dropped down to $88 per head...
...consumer field. It is well aware that the corporation that manages to sell a consumer his first range or refrigerator usually has him for a customer for keeps, since buyers tend to buy the same brand they bought before. Since Westinghouse has not been able to supply the demand for four months, dealers feel that "Westinghouse has lost this bit of the market irretrievably." However, Westinghouse has gone ahead and drastically restyled its 1956 lines in hopes of selling new customers, is ready to go into full production as soon as workers come back to their jobs. If the company...
...Western agreed on an alliance. Heineman will take over as full-time board chairman and chief executive officer of North Western, give up both his law practice and his connections with Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway, which he took over almost two years ago. But he did not get his demand for ten seats on the 18-man North Western board. Instead, the board was cut to 17 members, and Heineman will have only five seats...
...Friends Only. The craving for the "don't-give-a-damn" pills is not confined to Hollywood. In staid Boston the demand is as keen, but less shrill. It is the same in New York City, Washington...
...these efforts, however, come under the heading of too little and too late. The University could have anticipated the demand for an eighth house and sought to buy up the land ten years ago. It could have anticipated the decline of local housing facilities and taken steps before the need became critical. But apparently the lack of informed planning made such foresight difficult...