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...market has shrunk from 10% in 1974 to the current 3%. Fortified bran-based cereals, helped by studies showing the health benefits of high-fiber diets, have replaced the natural products. Quaker Oats' Corn Bran is now one of the hottest new cereals on the shelf, while Ralston's Honey Bran and Kellogg's Most have also appeared in the past year. To hit even smaller segments of an increasingly fragmented market, Kellogg is test-marketing high-in-iron Smart Start for women of ages 20 to 40 and is considering a product for adults...
...sell his record 1979 harvest of corn and soybeans even before the seed was in the ground, when prices were fairly high. Just a few days after Carter's announcement, Johnson loaded part of his production, about 8,000 bu. of soybeans, aboard a truck bound for the Ralston Purina Co. plant in Bloomington, 20 miles to the south. Says he: "I've covered my expenses. Now I've only got 15,000 bu. of corn that hasn't been marketed?my profit...
...Mildred Ralston Pomona, Calif...
William H. Danforth, founder of the Ralston Purina Company, established the foundation in 1927 and included his company's stock as a major part of the foundation's holdings. Currently, Ralston Purina Stock accounts for about 80 per cent of the foundation's capital
...Heir H. John Heinz III, who reported wealth of between $11.7 million and $20.9 million. That did not include income from two trusts valued at more than $5 million. Runner-up was Missouri Republican John Danforth, who said his assets actually declined last year because the family business, the Ralston Purina Co., suffered a dip in profits. Danforth said his current holdings amount to between $6.9 million and $17.2 million. Other millionaire Senators include...