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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1949
Page
2
Congress set high support prices to spur production, yielding record corn crops in 1948 and 1949. With livestock demand lagging, vast surpluses fill bins as storage strains grow. The Agriculture Department expands storage capacity, offers loans and price supports, and faces rising costs and storage challenges amid looming quotas debates.
The article notes cotton farmers get only 12 to 5 percent of the consumer dollar over decades while meat, dairy, and poultry take larger shares. It also tells of a Brooklyn church installing Carillonic bells funded by a Jewish businessman and Catholic donor, with a thoughtful message about cross faith cooperation.
Southern New Mexico ranchers facing Uncle Sam’s defense program win a higher rental rate, up to three times the initial offer, and keep a pathway to regaining land. About 80 ranch families and 1,200,000 acres are affected as 4,000,000 acres were condemned for rocket tests and military use.
Modern officials repeat alarms about looming doom unless Congress injects funds. The speaker compares today’s rhetoric to the boy who cried wolf, accusing current leaders of inflating fear to justify spending.
A letter laments Congress acting like a confident man while accusing schools of neglecting practical wisdom. The writer calls for teaching AEsop in all levels of education up to the PhD to restore “horse sense.” The note ends with a safety warning about refueling a running tractor.
Irish potatoes will be supported in 1950 at 60 percent of parity with an allotment of 1 137 806 acres. The estimated average support price is $1.60 per hundredweight, down from $1.80 in 1949. The national production allotment is 335 million bushels and New Mexico’s commercial acreage allotment is about 1000 acres.
In 1948 Americans averaged a record 317.3 minutes of telephone conversation per person, per capita, surpassing other nations. The figure reflects overall domestic usage across genders and ages.
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