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Rurag Mail Box Improvement Week Proposals and Crop News
Postal officials designate May 17 1954 to May 23 as Rival Mail Box Improvement Week urging rural carriers and patrons to install safe weather protected mail receptacles. It notes boxes must be approved and well painted. some unapproved types should be replaced. A simple shelf on posts 3 to 4 feet high is recommended. Also included is a crop and weather report discussing moisture shortages in the corn belt, subsoil deficits, and the need for May-July rainfall to support a return to around 8 billion bushels. Planting has begun in southern Illinois Indiana and Missouri with mixed conditions across the belt and recent rains improving prospects in several states.
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