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Show Tomato Production Planting of tomatoes in the United Unit-ed States for commercial production produc-tion averages 400,000 acres for canning can-ning and about 175,000 acres for marketing fresh. In addition a large acreage is grown In the non-commercial gardens. The tomato Is of tropical American origin and was found growing in the corn fields of the natives when Europeans first reached Mexico. Tomatoes are particularly par-ticularly well constituted to hold their vitamin C value through the scalding and canning process and In storage. Many Famines In Russia Records of famine in Russia go back as far as 1024. It is reported that from the year 1100 to 1600, an average of seven famines occurred each century. The 19th century was, marked by 12 famines. At the time of the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 I the majority of peasant cultivators j in Russia were actually in worse condition than under serfdom. After I the emancipation there was a steady decrease in the amount of i land per peasant, and great num-! num-! bers were entirely without land. i New Use for Old Product Asbestos, one of the most effective effec-tive insulators against heat and ! flame, is as old as the earth itself end Is found in rock-like form |