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Page 185
... increase continu- ously , but there is a definite limit to the increase of our cultivated acreage . Hence we must greatly increase the yield per acre . The average yield of wheat in the United States is less than 14 bushels per acre ...
... increase continu- ously , but there is a definite limit to the increase of our cultivated acreage . Hence we must greatly increase the yield per acre . The average yield of wheat in the United States is less than 14 bushels per acre ...
Page 302
... increases in wage rates and short- ening of hours . For division 1 , that is the largest division in- cluding the Pennsylvania and Appalachian field , the increase was approximately 19 cents , as com- pared with the wage - cost increase ...
... increases in wage rates and short- ening of hours . For division 1 , that is the largest division in- cluding the Pennsylvania and Appalachian field , the increase was approximately 19 cents , as com- pared with the wage - cost increase ...
Page 425
... increase of Government debt and the tremendous increase in currency circulation , in the increased costs of material and labor . Higher prices are the necessary and inevitable result . [ Taft to the Yale Engineering Club , May 10 , 1946 ] ...
... increase of Government debt and the tremendous increase in currency circulation , in the increased costs of material and labor . Higher prices are the necessary and inevitable result . [ Taft to the Yale Engineering Club , May 10 , 1946 ] ...
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