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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1952
Page
7
D. G. Nelson operates a 20 acre Coral HI farm testing fuels for heating. After trials he selects liquefied petroleum gas as most efficient and economical, installing a farm wide system for house water and cooking, heating brooders, with a 1700 square foot lab under construction.
The Northwestern National Life Insurance family economics bureau reports American farmers now own about 91 billion dollars in land buildings and equipment. The 1950 output reached roughly 30 billion dollars in produce, about one third of the plant’s value, with farm size increasing to 195 acres on average. Net earnings per farm rose to about 2225 dollars in 1950, up from 350 in 1900, as farmers expanded tool investments and improved seeds livestock and fertilizers.
A survey shows a $5.25 seed and garden input cost yields $91.02 in food value. The return equals about 17 to 1 for those who own basic tools and grow from seed by spading plots with hoe spading fork rake and trowel.
The United Nations political committee found the Soviet Union guilty of violating the 1945 friendship treaty with Nationalist China. The resolution passed 24 votes for, 25 abstentions, amid strong charges against Soviet policies in East Asia and Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government claiming victory in the U.N.
A United States B-29 bomber exploded in the air tonight but all 13 crew members parachuted safely. The burning aircraft crashed into a chestnut grove near a primary school in the Kawasaki industrial area between Toyoko and Yokohama. Japanese reports said there were no casualties and no damage to homes. The air force withheld crew names until tomorrow after medical checks.
Readable grain table shows open high low and close percentages for corn oats and soybeans across months including Mar May July Sept and Nov. It lists values such as corn Mar 190% May 192% July 190% Sept 188% soybeans Mar 297% May 296% July 296% Sept 287% and oats Mar 101% May 91% July 68% Sept 84% plus related figures for other months.
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