Word: hoof
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have come through the big drop in cattle prices on the hoof and to see the small difference it has made in retail prices still buffaloes me; if the farmer gave the packer the cattle and hauled them in free, how much would the price of retail meat lower? Admittedly the prime and choice steaks will be high- they always have been-but let the Cadillac owners and swank restaurants have them. Your reporter might be surprised to see the towns and stores that don't carry as good a quality as the "good," but at a "good" price...
...farmer gets for that meat is 14?." Their anger touched one of the most sensitive nerves in U.S. politics. In Washington a congressional committee responded by proposing price supports for cattle while the Department of Agriculture is already investigating the spread between the price of beef on the hoof and on the butcher's meathook...
...chief reason meat prices are so high is the heavy cost of bringing meat to market. Actually, the price of a steer on the hoof is only a small factor in what the housewife pays for beef. The total cost includes such expenses as freight (up 75% since the war) and labor (up about 100%). Since these costs are fixed, a temporary drop in cattle prices may mean only a small reduction at retail...
...Belmont Park, prepping for the Sysonby Mile and "the race of the century" against Tom Fool, Alfred G. Vanderbilt's Native Dancer, still limping after an operation for an injured hoof, was withdrawn from all races until it heals. Possible rendezvous for the Dancer and Tom Fool: the Pimlico Special in late October...
...tolled 11, the hoof beats ceased. Four hundred boys' voices soared into the great crescendo of Sir Hubert Parry's anthem: "I was glad when they said unto me, We will go into the House of the Lord...