Word: harvests
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...livestock population is now so big that practically all of last year's bumper corn harvest, plus a carry-over of 394 million bushels, will have been drawn from the cribs by October, when the 1944 corn crop is harvested. It is estimated that by July, wheat stocks in the cavernous elevators will be down to a little more than a month's supply. In one year the record number of U.S. livestock will have eaten all the grain that the land produced, plus the huge surpluses from other years...
...best the U.S. can hope for this year are grain harvests as large as last year's bumper crops. A poor harvest would mean swift national disaster, for grains are the broad base upon which rests the entire agricultural economy. Better than 60% of all cultivated U.S. farm land is planted to grains, most of which are fed to livestock and thus converted into meat and dairy products. Without grain there can be no hogs, no prime beef, ho poultry or eggs, no bread, and much less milk...
...even if the nation is lucky and reaps a bountiful harvest-for the eighth successive season-the grain traders argue that there will not be enough grain for all needs. Livestock numbers, they say, must be reduced 20 to 30% if the U.S. is to have bread for its citizens, corn for its war industries* and wheat for industrial alcohol. When livestock numbers are reduced, the U.S. will tighten its belt...
...Robe (RKO), from Lloyd Douglas' bestseller, will be filmed in Technicolor at a cost of $3½ to 4 million, will run 3½ to 4 hours, and will be directed by Hit-Guarantor Mervyn LeRoy (Random Harvest, Madame Curie). ¶ The Miracle (Warner), based on Max Reinhardt's hyperpituitary Gothic superspectacle, is budget-estimated by Producer Wolfgang (son of Max) Reinhardt at $3,000,000. Biggest casting problem: an actress adequate for the double role of nun and Madonna. The film will be in Technicolor, and will run the better part of four hours...
...Harvest. The Germans had-and muffed-a chance to play upon Slovak nationalism, foster a loyal satellite in Slovakia. Nazi greed and maladroitness soon destroyed any affection the Slovaks might have had for Germany; Slovak troops deserted wholesale rather than fight the Poles and the Russians, and Slovak Partisans have been locally active against the German Army...