The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-02-27

IAN" -
Behind the Scenes
American Business
BY REYNOLDS KNIGHT
New York. - Although indi-
cations are that food production
on United States farms VIII
again be high next summer.
that prospect is not causing
agricultural leaders at this time
to expect any great SURPRISES.
The reason is that severe win
ter conditions have reduced,
temporarily at least, the sup
ply of vegetables coming into
northern markets. The Bureau
of Agricultural Economies FORE
casts that food production per
acre on American farms will be
II per cent greater this summer
than the 1934-43 average. Bet
ter soil conditions and improved
farming technique will combine
to produce the high yield, the
bureau predicts. Currently,
however, vegetable and citrus
supplies in northern markets
are low because of recent cold
weather damage to Florida
truck crops. Freezing weather
has also had a discouraging ef-
feet On Europe's 1947 food pros
poets which means that this
country will in all probability be
asked once more to divert some
of its expected larger than nor
NAL supplies to fill in depleted
food stocks abroad.
UNDERMINING - In addi-
ton to the million new homes
it Is expected to produce this
year, the construction industry
has a mammoth task ahead in
repairing and undermining the
nations present dwellings. More
than 2,345, 900 single-family non
farm homes, for example,, need
new roofs or roofing repairs
and some 100000 must have
heating equipment replaced or
overhauled, according to a Title
Council of America study. The
owners of still another 1,793,-
900 such dwellings will be in
the market for floor and wall
tile as a result of repairs need
ed in bathrooms, the report
shows This work will include
installation of baths in homes
which have none, the tiling of
showers and the replacing Ct
old water pipes. This record
demand for both home repair
and building adds up to record
demand also for tile, and man.
ufacturers are prepared for it.
They stepped up tile production
all last year, and during 1947
expect to manufacture $780,
900 square feet, greatest guam
tity ever made in a single year.
THINGS TO COME - A lock-
nut made of nylon, in its tough
plastic form. It is said 10 resist
moisture, temperature changes,
oil, fungus, wear and age
A tablet dentifrice. You put it
in your mouth, chew it, add a
little water and brush your
teeth A power lawn mower
with a vacuum attachment
which pulls the blades Of grass
up straight for easier cutting
It costs $3.50 =: Hot watei
from a cold water faucet It
results from an electric heating
attachment to the faucet. TEN
perature and flow of water are
regulated by the regular fau-
Get handle. Its manufacturers
expect it to be popular for
summer cottage use and in
homes as an emergency device
:. An aluminium alloy jack
with a two-ton capacity, but
weighing only so pounds. The
high-poWered lifting force can
be operated by a child. 1t is
designed for family use on auto
mobiles and can be carried in
the car trunk.
AN EVEN EXCHANGE South
Carolina and New York City
participated recently in an OK
change of ideas, with sugary
yams the theme. Eight Sunte.
County, S. c., IL to 17-year-
old All club boys were treated
to a trim to Manhattan to watch
a carlot of their sweet potatoes
unloaded in an A g. P ware
house and then distributed fol
display and sale in some of the
chains super markets. The boy
had won the trip in a produc-
ton contest and were guests OF
the Great Atlantic and Pacific
Tea company as an educationa,
award. In three days the group
learned much about the wants