Ever pick up a handful of soil and let it spill through your fingers? (Is there a farmer who hasn't?) If you picked up soil from meadow or pasture land, chances are you noticed the grainy, crumb-like texture. Those tiny particles- those "little clods"- play an important part in crop production.

From the very beginning our wool tariffs have been for protection rather than for revenue.

Whether farm prices are high or low, crops good or bad, there's always a big variation in the incomes made on different farms.

Pheasants, quail, rabbits- these are an important crop on Iowa farms. Some 200,000 licensed hunters join in the yearly sport of hunting them. As many more unlicensed-farmers and farm boys hunting on their own land-join in the fun.

Business continues to roll along at a rapid pace. Consumers have more money available for spending-partly from lower taxes and partly from higher salaries and wages. Spending and saving both have gone up. Industrial and farm livestrock output showed no advance. The result: Prices advanced.