Word: harvest
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Kansas farmers, in the midst of harvesting a record-breaking crop of 200,000,000 bu. of wheat last week, were getting 25? per bu. cash for their product. On the Chicago Board of Trade July futures dipped to 50¼?, the lowest figure since the exchange first opened in April 1848.* Around Hutchinson, Kans. the country was dotted with great mounds of wheat-10,000 bu. to the pile-which had been dumped out of doors for lack of elevator space. At Bucklin, one Forrest Kennett got his name in the papers by scorning a 27? per bu. offer...
Observers in Kansas, however, noted one new sign last week. Instead of plowing in their stubble immediately after the harvest preparatory to seeding next year's crop, many a farmer was letting his wheat fields stand idle and barren as if he did not intend to plant again. One explanation of this unusual post-harvest inaction was that producers had received so little for their 1931 crop that they could not finance the start of their 1932. In that event Kansas next year would see a large involuntary reduction of wheat acreage...
...army moving by day, cleaned, serviced, repaired by night. Their sleeping quarters are wheeled about with them from one section of the farm to another. Five motorcycles carry special messengers back and forth across the miles of wheat land with reports to Mr. Price on the progress of the harvest. One hundred trucks haul the wheat to Kress where Mr. Price sells it direct to the big city terminals in carload lots at a price 5? or 6? per bu. above that which the small farmer gets at the local elevator...
...rival of Hickman Price in winter wheat acreage is James Jelinek who was waiting last week to harvest his 28,800-acre kingdom near Alliance, Neb. Mr. Jelinek uses 20 tractors, 14 combines, 12 trucks, 40 men. His harvest is 620,000 bu. He has his private elevator on the Burlington track...
Peach Plan. California peachgrowers, with harvest time not far off, last week were wondering how many of their trees to uproot. For peaches from uprooted trees the canners' pool will pay an extra $2.50 a ton. Object: to reduce California's orchards by 12,000 acres, lessen overproduction next year...