U S dairy and crop yield figures from 1948 report
The 1948 milk production goal for U S farms is 120 billion pounds, about 3 percent above the 1948 estimate. The period 1937 to 1946 shows an average corn yield of 31.4 bushels per acre.
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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1948
Page
5
The 1948 milk production goal for U S farms is 120 billion pounds, about 3 percent above the 1948 estimate. The period 1937 to 1946 shows an average corn yield of 31.4 bushels per acre.
Lordsburg and nearby households welcomed relatives and friends for Christmas. Visitation included families from Silver City Deming El Paso Rodeo and Roseville Calif with travel to Lordsburg and Valley View. Local social happenings featured bridge Luncheon at Hotel Hidalgo and visits from Kerrs and Curetons.
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A safety guidance piece from the National Safety Council outlines key right of way rules at intersections. It emphasizes yielding to vehicles already in the intersection, determining priority by the right, slowing before cross streets, and exercising courtesy to prevent accidents, plus notes on stop signs and left turns. It also includes a community appeal to support Christmas Seals for tuberculosis work.
A December 22 program at the Assembly of God featured readings and songs including Christmas Greetings by Dean Hall and others, The First Noel by Girls Trio, It is the Birthday of Thy King recitation, We Three Kings of Orient, and a flannel-graph illustrated Christmas story. Participants thanked local sponsors for the treats.
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