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o o Crops and Livestock Set Record For Production During Past Year ashington :U.R) The na tion's farms and ranges i 1955 , produced a record total of crops and livestock. CroR-. production alone was the second largest just six tenths of one pur cent under the 1943 record when the crop index stood at 106 pr cent of the 1947-49 average. Slit Agriculture Department officials said wheno the 1955 livestock production is added to O the field crop index, the overall figure will be at least 111 per cent of the base production in dex. This will be three percent age points above last year's rec ord of 103 per cent. The department' crop report ing board said yesterday that production inx955 ws "gener ally good, crop by crop nd rea by area, with 4omt notable ex ceptions." The !ind acre age of principal et$ harvested was the smallest iee 1940, but generally' highr yild per acre more than offset gcrtsge reduc tions. Harvested Acreag Do O The 1955 harvested acreage of 333,000,000 acres was 5.400,- nnn ocmt lost; than in 1954. Largest acreage reductions from 1954 were in winter wheat, o down 5,500000 acres: spring 0 wheat, down 1,600,000 acres; cotton, down 2,400,000 acres: " oats, down 1,400,000 acres, and rice, down 700,000 acres. Largest acreage increases from 1954 were in all sorghums, soybeans, hay and barley. Record productions were at tained for oats, soybeans, hay, alfalfa, seed, sorghum silage, and oranges. Second largest crops of record were produced for bar ley, sorgrum grain, and rice. Many other crops had above average outturn, including corn, flaxseed, sorghum forage, cot " tongjsugar beets, dry beans, rye, sweet .Jover seed, lespedeza seed, broomcorn, grapes, cher G ries, a p r ic o t s, avocados, lem ons, cranberries, and walnuts. Wheat, both winter and spring, fell nearly 20 per cent below average. Other crops much be low average were dry peas, cow peas, sweet potatoes, buckwheat, sugarcane syrup, peaches, pe cans, and tung nuts. Many crops attained record yield per acre averages. Weather Favored Production The wether favored overall crop production, but there was a sizable quota of freezes, drought, wind erosion, hurri- ; ; ' -"Lsi . i j famvur ( J $ . Si IIIXM ASTER ' ' --J J ' SQUARE SHAPE COOKS 20 MORE than a round pan. Everything is more delicious because you get perfect CONTROLLED HEAT for bacon, eggs, pancakes, chicken, meats, potatoes, etc. Exclu sive WATER-SEALED element enables you to im merse unit in water foe easy washing. Just set dial for the heat you wa. Now only $19.5. umoeam cooker & deep fryer i "DOES MORE THINGS BETTER. The Sunbeam "Special" Cooker & Deep Fryer is preferred by women everywhere' because of its greater cooking and deep fry ing usefulness. 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However, I am not anxious to know too much about the luture. I ask very little in that respect. All I would like to regularly know is what horses are going to win the first and second races the next day. Hoisei and Women What is the extent of your wife's style sense? Has she the taste, knowledge of fashion and discernment to achieve being classed one of the best dressed women in your block? A femi nine subscriber of Boston ex presses violent opposition to the following styles and says wear ing of same indicates a distinct lack of style sense. 1 Backless shoes. 2 Halter neck dresses. 3 Bikini bathing suits. 4 Very low belted coats. 5 Dan gling earrings. 6 The seven eighths length coat. 7 Mannish hair styles. 8 Long colored beads worn knotted in front. 9 "Dior's flat look." 10 Glass heeled shoes. (Note Saying she would like "a man's angle" the lady asks if I agree with her. I do with the exception of Bikini bathing suits. They are all right when worn by females having a shape to match the at tire. As for a "seven eighths length coat," I don't know what it is.) Asides Why doesn't somebody indent a fireproof cigarette holder peo ple can use for smoking in bed? Should be a good sale for some thing like that to hotels and fire "SPECIAL" MODEL ; I record. But for a severe summer drought on the western fringes of the corn belt, the crop would have been millions of bushels higher. The corn yield this yeaV was 39.8 bushels an acre. This compares with 37.5 bushels an acre in 1954 and a 10-year aver age of 36.4 bushels. Wheat yields reached a record high of 19.9 bushels an acre. This compares with 18.1 bushels last year and 10-year average of 17.1 bushels. By E. V. Durling FmIkm Syndicate, Inc.) . insurance companies. . . . That sauce known as Mayonnaise was originated by Cardinal Rich lieu. Only sauce I really care for is tartar sauce as used on scal lops. Passing By Tom Kelley. 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By US Surplus Hems Washington (U.R) New Zealand has accused the United States of dumping surplus dairy products abroad and hurting New Zealand's large export market. Sir Leslie Munro, New Zeal and ambassador to this country, aired the protest in a note de livered yesterday to the State Department. The note urged the United States to revise its dairy pro ducts disposal program to pre vent what it termed "dumping or subsidization of exports, or currency concessions." SANTA TO VISIT ANIMALS New York (U.R) The Am erican Society for the Preven tion of. Cruelty to Animals said Santa Claus would visit the ASPCA's five shelters in New York today and distribute good ies to the stray animals. Tuesday, December 20, 1955 St. Nick, Minus Sleigh, Finds Hitchhiking Tough Walsenburg, Colo. (U.R) Even Santa Claus has a hard time hitchhiking a ride these days, Henry Summers found out Monday. Summers put on a beard and Santa Claus suit and awaited his scheduled ride to town for a children's Christmas party put on by the Chamber of Com merce. Chamber officials forgot to pick him up, however, and Sum mers began thumbing for a ride. Forty cars passed before he finally got a lift. Airman Accidentally Slain by Pilot Friend Travis AFB, Calif.-4U.R) Air Force, authorities said today that Airman Donald O. Simpson, of Houston, Tex., was "acciden tally" shot to death by a friend Here last Saturday. Base authorities said they got the details yesterday from Air man Arthur D. Justice, of Long Beach, Calif. Justice had been in a state of shock since the shooting. Witnesses said the two men were removing their flying togs after returning from a training flight in a B36 bomner. They said Justice's .38 revolver dis charged as he was removing it from a shoulder holster. GLEN RAVEN HOSIERY I ' ! - - . 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Of a total of 13,000 employed at East Pittsburgh, 10,000 are eligible for loans to tide them over for the holiday season. The potential one million dollar loan at East Pittsburgh is one-seventh of the 7-million dollar total the company is prepared to disburse to 55,000 striking employees. Workers crossed their own picket lines in five states Mon day when the "big payoff" began. The International Union of Electrical Workers, which rep resents 44,000 members out of 30 plants, quickly approved pleas by Pennsylvania Gov. George M. Leader and New York Gov. Averell Harriman to submit the strike to arbitration. But Westinghouse President and Chairman Gwilym A. Price fired off telegrams to the gov ernors rejecting the proposal. Price said he did not wish the company to "abdicate its responsibility" by accepting tiia proposaL CHARITY KETTLE ROBBER Superior, Wis. (U.R) Sal vation Army Lt. Ralph Speiser reported Monday night that he stopped ringing his bell long enough to warm up in a store and returned to find his kettle and $15 worth of contributions q gone. Q Flowsn For Christmas From Hoppc's POINSETTIAS "5 AZ-ALtAS d CYCLAMEN fr BEGONIAS " t -&CUT FLOWERS CORSAGES Telegraph Delivery Service) HOPPE'S GREENHOUSE & FLORIST PHONE 2-6378 305 LOZIER LANK JOHI Ow 5 oDOWN $E00 3 MONTH 112 SOUTH RIVERSID Gift Wrapped Ready To Go O o o 0 E
