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              UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
                                 FORM 10-Q/A

(Mark One)
[ X ]     QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF SECURITIES
     EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 1995

                                     OR

[    ]    TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
          EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _____ to _____

Commission file number 1-6252

                               CARTER DAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                              13-1884908
(State or other jurisdiction of    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 incorporation or organization)

500 73rd Avenue N.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota                  55432
(Address of principal executive offices)                  (Zip Code)

                                (612)571-1000
            (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
                                      
                                Not Applicable
 (Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last
                                   report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes   X    No ___

The number of shares outstanding of registrant's common stock, par value
$.01, at August 1, 1995 are:  19,279,589 voting shares and 668,594 non-voting
shares.





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                                  Signature
                                      
                                      
  The dates of the signatures for the Registrant's Form 10-Q filed on
  November 13, 1995, were inadvertently not indicated and are being filed
  herewith.
  
  
  
                                  Signature
  
  
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
                                     CARTER DAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
                                     Registrant
  
  
  
  Date:  November 14, 1995           /s/ Kent R. Turner
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                                     Kent R. Turner
                                     Vice President, Controller and
                                     Principal Accounting Officer
  
  
  
  
  
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                                  SIGNATURE
  
  
  
  
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
                                     CARTER DAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
                                     Registrant
  
  
  
  Date:  November 13, 1995           /s/ Paul W. Ernst
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                                     Paul W. Ernst
                                     Director, President, Treasurer
                                     and Chief Executive Officer
  
  
  Date:  November 13, 1995           /s/ Kent R. Turner
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                                     Kent R. Turner
                                     Vice President, Controller and
                                     Principal Accounting Officer
  
  
  
  
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