1948 marked fabulous U.S. agricultural year says Britannica
The 1949 Britannica Book of the Year cites 1948 as a record year with crop yields. Corn surpassed prior records by over 10 percent and wheat hit one of its largest totals, while cotton exceeded the previous year. Prices rose in January but fell as crops were harvested, yet farm income neared 35 billion dollars despite rising production costs and declining net income.
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United States
New
Britannica Yearbook
New Selling System Reform Highlight for Hog Markets
A new hog selling system shifts price formation from scales to a pen to pen process. Buyers and salesmen preagree prices before weighing, replacing the old weight schedule and allowing buyers to recognize quality and pay a premium for top hogs.
Quality hog marketing shifts from weight to value
The article explains why breeders of Chester White sows and Hiter hogs push for a new marketing system. It notes the old weight schedule paid little for true quality and born-time care, with premiums rarely exceeding 60 cents per hundredweight despite $5 to $6 value spreads among same weight animals. It highlights a move toward dressed-carcass pricing used in Canada and considered by farmers, cooperatives, and research institutes under federal acts, amid concern over declining hog volumes at terminal markets.
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Chester
Canada
Federal Research and Marketing Act
Wheat Champions Rasmussen Family Win National Award
Victor and Max Rasmussen of Cache County Utah held a sample of hard red winter Cache wheat from 2000 acres owned with their brother Reuben. The crop earned first place in the 8th Pillsbury judging for best United States wheat raised in 1848, competing with 37 samples from 20 states in Minneapolis.
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Victor P. Rasmussen
Max J.rasmussen
Cache
Utah
Cache Junction
Clarkston
Victor Raasmussen
Reuben
Philip W. Pillsbury
United States
Minneapolis
Rasmussens
Philp H. Rasmussen
Pillsbury
Ios
Soil Drainage Tips From Old Farm Note
If tile drained land dries slowly check soil organic matter before blaming tile system. Poor drainage often comes from wet soil impeding water flow. Improve drainage by growing deep rooted legumes rotating crops and using check straw, green manure, and residue management.
Barbers' Prank Involves Partner at Funeral
A customer enters a barbershop requesting a shave. The barber and his partner cooperate in a cheeky ruse where the customer ends up paying while the partner, who had just attended a funeral, returns in a white coat to finish the service. The wheeze hinges on the partner being the funeral attendee.
Time of Dechion A Back Seat Driver Causes Near Train Collision
A husband driving with his wife giving constant directions steers onto railroad tracks as a distant train approaches. He halts halfway across, jumps out, and declares victory while she questions his prior claims of being well off.
Man’s wedding plan hit by a twist of fate
A man tells his friend he fell in love with a married woman with eight children. After visiting her home he discovers chaos as the kids prank him with mashed potatoes, tacks in chairs, a ruined hat, celery in ears, and soggy eyes. He asks when to wed, noting September as a target.
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A Youss
Talking to Grandpa Through a Medium Gone Wrong
A young boy asks to contact his grandpa through a medium as a séance goes awry. The spirit world is invoked with a few tricks, but the boy’s insistence triggers confusion and activity as the medium falters.
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Grandpa
Grendpa
Grandga
Untitled Report on 1948 Locomotives and Public Safety
In 1948 new locomotives were installed and serviced under a class schedule totaling 1,467 units the highest number since 1987. A emergency measure urges sealing toys or doors with tape to prevent children from free leaking themselves in a reel and to stop that run to nylons by using tape.
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Clase
Fragmentary OCR Note Sparks Unclear Read
A garbled OCR line offers little readable content about a described fried or tele head, leaving the central facts and entities unreadable. The fragment provides no identifiable people, places, organizations, dates, or events to summarize.
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