Word: plows
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...months of 1956, trailed 13% behind 1952, largely as a result of the long-standing farm surplus problem. But the farm picture has been growing brighter. Though farm prices weakened slightly over the past month, they have surged 11% above the December 1955 low point; soil-bank aid will plow an additional $225 million into the farms by fall...
Reflecting the generally bright present, industry's confidence in the future has never been more robust. U.S. business in 1956 will plow a record $38 billion into new plants and equipment (v. $26 billion in 1952), thus continue to create jobs as fast as the work force expands to fill them. A record $4.2 billion in construction starts last month will soon be topped as the huge federal highway program moves into high gear. The auto industry will spend well over $1 billion for drastic restyling of ten (out of 19) U.S. makes, expects to equal...
...bushel under acreage control or $1.25 for over allotment corn. Then came the drought. Fiery winds seared crops in Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. Farmers looked at their parched and wilted fields, hied themselves off to the soil bank, signed on the dotted line and went back home to plow their stunted crops into the earth...
Many companies sacrificed profit gains to plow back huge amounts into research and development. Douglas Aircraft, which increased first-half sales by $17.2 million, saw its net drop from last year's by $860,000. Reason: huge research costs for the Douglas DC-8 jet transport. Better off was Cessna Aircraft. Its big spurt in private aircraft sales returned net earnings of $3.83 per share for the nine months ending June 30, up 50% from a year...
Hail always looks that way. He does not like hail, and he tries to keep at least five miles away from tornadoes. "If you play too close," he says, "sooner or later you'll plow up a snake. That...