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Iowa Business Digest shows mixed 1955-54 gains and farm income drop
The Iowa Business Digest reports nine month comparisons for 1955 with 1954, revealing manufacturing paychecks up six percent and department store sales and bank transactions up seven percent, while cash receipts from farm marketing fell eight percent despite hog slaughter rising 13 percent. Construction contracts rose 44 percent from 1954, with residential, business and public building gains. Non agricultural employment hit a October high at 643,500, aided by strikes ending in two agricultural machinery plants. The feature article is The Location of Retail Activity in Iowa by Bloom and Scheld.
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Iowa Business Digest
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