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Dates: during 1944-1944
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...brigade works like this: A. C. Ruthenbeck, a tall, ruddy farmer from Tracy, Minn., took delivery of his combine at Enid, Okla. last month. There he began cutting 200 acres of wheat for Farmer Fred Ash. Though the stand was heavy, the yield up to 30 bushels an acre, the sturdy combine averaged five acres an hour. At that rate Ruthenbeck cheerfully figured he could cut 5,000 acres during the summer-long northward trek to his Minnesota home. At an average charge of $2 to $3 an acre, Ruthenbeck's gross will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOOD: Harvest Brigade | 7/31/1944 | See Source »

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