Word: doublecheck
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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...needs better crop-reporting. The board makes its guess from reports by its 60 field representatives and 20,000 volunteer farmer-reporters, who send in information on acreage planted, soil moisture, weevils and weather. Before the war, the board sent out roving teams to cover the cotton belt and doublecheck estimates. They were equipped with "crop meters," i.e., gadgets attached to car speedometers which recorded the front footage of cotton planted. But in the past few years, the board's budget has been raised only slightly (to $2.8 million), while the cost of the job has skyrocketed. The board...
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