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...Prospects for the winter wheat crop had declined to 515,000,000 bu. (from the 558,000,000 bu. of a month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOOD: Empty Stomachs | 5/24/1943 | See Source »

...Southern peach crop was expected to be about 9,000,000 bu. instead of last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOOD: Empty Stomachs | 5/24/1943 | See Source »

Statistically the U.S. is not yet short of wheat. But the estimated carry-over by next July will be only 550,000,000 bu., less than a year's supply even in normal times; less than half the expected needs for the 1943-44 season. Moreover, most of the carry-over is Government-owned, and Congress refuses to let it be sold below parity prices (over $1.40 a bu.). Since that is much too high to make it economical for cattle feed, and since the $1.05 ceiling on corn has kept that feed crop off the market, Eastern farmers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMS: The Unthinkable Shortage | 5/10/1943 | See Source »

After a perfect record of three victories had been racked up by the golf team, a close match was dropped at the hands of Holy Cross at the Oakley Country Club on Saturday afternoon, by a 5 to 4 score. The return match with BU, scheduled for Friday, was postponed on account of rain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Edged By Holy Cross Linksmen 5 to 4 | 5/3/1943 | See Source »

...total of 14 walks figured heavily against the Crimson in Friday's Sox rout. Among the many pitchers thrown into the fray in a vain attempt to stem the tide of Boson scoring, Jack Farley, victor over BU's Judge the following day; looked most effective...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine to Face Brown After Defeating B.U. | 4/21/1943 | See Source »

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