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Show ECONOMIC conditions continue to be the topic for both news and conversation. The man on the street is concerned con-cerned with ttie increasing cost of living particularly with the cost of food, which represents a big item on the family budget. The administration in Washington Washing-ton is banking on the fact that the downward trend will be reversed in a few months and is therefore hesitant to undertake any emergency emer-gency actions which might tend to encourage inflation. The Democrats are getting on record with proposals as to how to curb the downtrend. For some time, people on both sides of the political fence in Washington have considered some form of tax cuts to be the bert way out. The administration has tried to avoid the move; Democrats Demo-crats have been plugging for it, chiefly in the form of individual tax exemptions. At this time, one thing is certain. cer-tain. Economic conditions in the United States will be a major political po-litical issue for the 1958 elections The tornado that swept through Mississippi in late February, leaving leav-ing a dozen or more dead and many injured, recalls mind the fact that "natural disasters" such as hurricanes and tornadoes were responsible for an increase in the number of deaths from catastrophes catastro-phes (accidents in which more than five persons are killed during dur-ing the year 1957. Almost 1,700 death, fro i catastrophes catas-trophes were recorded dm ing 1957, about 400 more than the previous pre-vious year. Chiefly responsible fur the increase was Hurricane Audrey, Au-drey, which took a "known" t 'i of 350 when it struck the Louisiana Louisi-ana coast. How are you going to keep 'en down on the farm when opportunities oppor-tunities look more promising elsewhere. else-where. According to a recent suivey, only one out of six agricultiri! college graduates goes b ck to the farm. Biggest reason, it is said, is because be-cause of the fact that aggie grads are taking advantage of well-paying positions in argiculturally-re-lated industries and professions Another reason: the high cost of setting up a modern farm operation opera-tion today. Some grads get back into farming later on alter acquiring ac-quiring a "nest egg " Each year some 7,300 graduate with bachelor degrees in some branch of agricultural science About 1500 receive masters' degrees de-grees and some 400 earn doctor' degrees Advanced degree grads go mainly into teaching or research re-search work |