Small Farmers Struggle as Numbers Shrink Across States
The piece follows Elmer Zeis in Nebraska and other farmers in Vermont and Maine, detailing a decades long decline in U.S. small farms. It cites rising costs for equipment, housing, and feed, plus debt and credit pressures, as key drivers behind farm population drops from 26 million in 1890s to about 9.7 million in 1970, with farmers adopting larger operations or leaving the land. It features Zeis on his 600 acres near Valley Nebraska, and peers like Norman Beller, Vernon Wynn, and Hamner Ward discussing financial strain, labor limits, and the appeal of other work.
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Elmer Zeis
Nebraska
Valley
Omaha
Zois
Jack Shafer
Calvin
N.C
Leo Hawes
Moretown
United States
Zeis
Nebraska Agriculture
Glenn Kreuscher
Sara
Credit Association
Wynn
PCA
Fresno
Calif
United Nlation
Vernon Wynn
Two Countries Sign Agreement On Diplomatic Ties
North Korea and Malta signed a communique in Valetta to expand relations and establish at ambassadorial level. The pact follows negotiations and aims to boost agriculture and economic cooperation as price concerns and taxes loom.
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Tokyo
Peking
North Deena
Korea
Malta
Valetta
New China News
Pyongyang
Korean’ Central
North Korea
Zeis
Ijtese
Chou En-lai
Red China
Pierre Mendes-France
Carly
Sun
Rainfall Triggers Mud and Rock Collapse in Brazilian Town
In Nova Friburgo Brazil heavy rainfall loosened mud and rock burying one person early Saturday in a mountain factory town. Firefighters and police reported injuries as landslides blocked traffic and multiple homes were buried in the Olaria neighborhood. A two year old girl died and in Miracema floods disrupted the region while Gov Padilha ordered vaccine shipments and 100 homeless sheltered.
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Nova Friburgo
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Olaria
Miracema
Niteroi
Raimunda Padilha
Yule Generosity Backfires At Oklahoma City Trash Drive
Oklahoma City's Christmas generosity backfired as residents dumped all kinds of refuse into jumbo trash containers at fire stations. Fire officials said containers overflowed with paper and other items including sacks of dog manure, despite the effort to collect wrapping waste.
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Oklahoma City
Cleve Kinzy
War Machines Wear Holly in Belfast Christmas Day
Armored cars rolled through Belfast on Christmas Day with holly attached to radio aerials. Civilians waved small gifts to British soldiers as 205 people had died in the sectarian conflict since August 1969.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Belefast
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Jesse Rogue
United Pees
Elmer ‘Zeis
New York State
West
Mississippi
Missouri
Norman Beller
Federal Division of Agrival
We Zeis
Irene
Mike
David
M Bureatt
Douglas County
Vermont
Wehn
Wariah
Howes
Anary
Limestone
Maine
Hamner Ward Sr
Loring Air Force Base
Ward
South Plains
Lubbock County
Ack County
Athens
HARD
Itis
SALEM
Falmouth
Estansion
Spain
Italy
Syled
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