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Show Farmers Set All Time Record In Crop Production The farmers of the United Slates produced the greatesl crops in the nation's history, according to the Department of Agriculture, which says that production will be 2.5 per cent more than the previous record of 1942 and 26.4 per cent above the 1922-32 average. With record crops of corn and wheat, the Department reports re-ports that feed grains will run 4 per cent above the 1942 record rec-ord and that food fxain pro duction likewise topped any previous pre-vious year. In addition to corn and wheat, record crops are already assured for potatoes, tobacco, peaches, oears, plumbs and truck crops. Near records are already set for oats, rice and peanuts and probably graoes, cherries and sugar-cane. Cotton production, on the other hand, has dropped, to the lowest level in 25 years. Other below average crops are rye, broom corn, dried beans and pecans. The mammoth production has been accomplished by the farmers far-mers of the nation under severe handicaps. The lure, of course, has been prevailing high prices, which after all, are the spur of producers, whether one is thinking think-ing about crops, products or machines. |