One Farm and Four City Voters Warn of Hunger Crisis
The Farm Journal editor argues most Americans live in towns, one farms to feed four city-dwellers. He warns that if farm profits drop, cities face hunger, urging world food pools or industrial use of crops to sustain farm demand, opposing subsidies and ballooning defense and social programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wheeler McMillen
Farm Journal
United States Treasury
National Grange
McCahill
Nalon
Jean Marcenac
Indianapolis
Duke Nalon
Bud Winfield
Rex Mays
Poultry House Cleaner High Pressure Sprayer Proclaimed
A new cleaning method for poultry houses uses a high pressure sprayer to pulverize dirt and drippings and blast them away. Developed by Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation, the sprayer is said to clean faster cheaper and more effectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chemical Corporation
Hormone Trick May Shield Apples From Spring Frost
American apple growers may dodge heavy losses from late spring frosts by using a spray that combines tracers and hormones to keep buds closed until cold weather passes, potentially saving millions annually.
Farm Buying Power Still Shows Gains
A Northwestern National Life Insurance chart study finds farm buying power far outpaced the rise in living costs over the last decade. It shows net farm income up from 702 in 1939 to 2915 in 1948, with wages rising to about 55 a week by 1949 while living costs are about 28 percent higher than 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opa
Family Economics Bureau
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
America
FIRST AID to the AILING HOUSE
Reader asks about basement excavation tiling drain footings for concrete blocks and kitchen plumbing leaflets. Reply notes no leaflets are available but suggests public library handbooks and references from Theodore Audel & Company Popular Mechanics Portland Cement Association bulletins on concrete work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Audel & Company
West 23Rd St
New York
Popular Mechanics
East Ontario St
Chicago
Portland Cement Association
West Grand Ave
New Gasoline Process Boosts Synthetic Fuel Supply
The nation faces a gasoline shortage but a new synthetic process from natural gas promises abundant fuel at reasonable cost once enough plants are built. It is not expected to be widely used for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke Nalon
Big Bud Winfield
Tom McCahill
Mechanix Illustrated Magazine
McCahill
Nalon
Mauri Rose
Bud Winfield
Rex
Leadfoot) Mays
Kellogg’s All-Bran Claims Laxative Success
An unsold unsolicited testimonial from Clarence M. Smith of Madison Wisconsin credits Kellogg’s All-Bran with relieving years of constipation. The letter urges daily use of an ounce of All-Bran with water and offers a double money back guarantee if not satisfied after ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg’s
Allran
Clarence M. Smith
St. Paul Avenue
Madison
Wis
Kelloge’s
Battle Creek
Mich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Patterson
Europe
Mays
Winfield
Roger C. Whitman
Yyonery
Yancey Laboratories, Inc
Dept
Little Rock, Arkansas
Lydia E. Pinkham
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!