The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-05-27

the unpredictable weather con-
trolls everything.
So far nothing points to q
repetition of the calamity of
last year, when a European
drought created a tremendous
demand for American wheat
and when bad weather In this
country Sheared millions of
bushels from the domestic corn
crop. Europe has had adequate
moisture so far this year and
the outlook in our own food
producing belts Is called the
best in a decade. Crop yields
stand to be good and with them
the raw materials for the pro-
duction Of meat, milk, butter
and eggs.
OF course there is no POSSIBLE
ity of a precipitous drop in food
prices so long as wages and
employment stay near their
present levels. And whatever
downward revision comes about
will have little or no effect on
current farm prosperity.
MARKET TO HARVEST-Des-
pite the fact that American
farms are the most highly
mechanical in the world, there
still remains a virtually un-
tapped market for farm tools
and equipment. This fact was
brought out recently by Joseph
w. Frazer, president of Graham
Paige Motors, at the corpora
tons annual meeting. This new
market is made up of the more
| than two million farms of SO
acres and less that have been
generally overlooked by the big
manufacturers of farm equip
ment. Introduction of small,
Iow-cost, lightweight tractors of
the type recently developed by
G~raham-Paige has opened this
new market, Frazer told his
stockholders. He added that it
created a potential volume of
business running into the hun
dreds of millions of dollars. The
industrialist explained: with
a tractor priced under $700, the
small farmer can now mechan-
ize adequately for a total out
lay less than $1,000" Frazer
added that resultant efficiency
and increased yields would pay
back the original expenditure
within a very short time.
THINGS TO CoME-A new
heating unit for the home is
virtually strike and shortage
proof. Burns either artificial or
natural gas or No. 2 fuel oil .
. Ever wish you could shave
on the way to york? A new
electric razor plugs into the
cigarette lighter socket on auto
mobiles. It can be used at
omobiles. It can be used at
home, too .... The half of
Saturday and all day Sunday
job of washing and waxing a
car becomes a simple 80 minute
operation with a new compound.
Dissolve in water, apply with a
sponge and wipe off with a
chamois, and lol New non
i~nflammable sponge rubber that
can be vulcanized to fiberboard
or upholstery is said to be
odorless, resilient and tough .
/. . The new look has sneaked
into mems sport shoes. Bright
fabrics above cork soles .
First synthetic varnish devel-
oped uses petroleum instead of
scare edible vegetable oils .
Transparent plastic awnings for
automobiles provide protection
from the sun without obstruc-
ting the view and also come
in handy in the rain -. New
upholstery shampooer works so
fast that the cleaning fluid is
dried before it has a. chance to
seep through the fabric.
Cutouts for Cut-Ups-Cut-
ting out paper dolls has be-
| come a big business. It started
! when Hall Brothers, manufac-
turers of Hallmark greeting
cards, created a colorful line Of
story dolls that can be sent to
children as cards for all occa-
sions.
The dolls, an innovation in
greeting cards printed in bright
colors on both sides of a folded
card, depict 16 such popular
nursery rhyme characters as
Cinderella" "Bobby Shaftoe,"
"Bo Peep" and Tommy Tue
ker." On the inside fold of the
doll the story of its make-be-
lieve character is told in catchy,
modernized verse.
Children naturally want to