Word: fall
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...officially that the price drop is a good thing. But it is. The farmers have known that runaway inflation is dangerous to them. That's why you don't hear much grumbling." Said Bill Davidson, an Iowan who went to Europe last fall with 21 other farmers for a hard, first-hand look at conditions: "We needed to get hurt, if we didn't get set for this...
...Cushion to Fall On. The trimming went deep. It caught the big operators as well as most of the small farmers. Oklahoma's oil-rich Governor Roy Turner, a breeder of registered Herefords, swallowed hard when his best bull brought only $6,100 at his annual sale last week. Last year his top animal fetched $25,000. Montana's "Wheat King," Thomas Campbell, who said three months ago that he was holding all of his 610,000 bushels, said last week that the wise farmer would still hold on; there might be a pickup in prices because demand...
There was one great difference between 1948's decline and the commodity slide of 1920. This time the farmers had a cushion of cash to fall back on. Their banks were bulging with savings. Said Karl Wagner, an Iowa hog-raiser: "Very few of us farmers are out on a limb. We've got bonds stuck away for occasions like this. I'm staying in business...
...house, which will open for its first occupants when the Class of 1952 arrives next fall, reverted to the college after the death of the owner, Miss Bertha Vaughn. Radcliffe purchased the house several years ago, guaranteeing Miss Vaughn a life interest...
Founders of the Association hope that by June, the Schools of Design, Education, and Public Administration will be participating, and that by next fall, the group will distribute a guide to forums, libraries, and other facilities that each school offers to the University...