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Agriculture: The Wheat War

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In North Dakota red, white and blue billboards urge farmers to protect freedom by voting no. In Colorado bright yellow broadsides urge farmers to protect their incomes by voting yes. In every wheat-growing state in the union, wheat farmers are being assailed by posters, pamphlets, newspaper ads, broadcasts, bumper stickers and speeches, all intended to influence their votes in the May 21 national wheat referendum. Never in the history of U.S. agriculture has a crop referendum stirred such torrential efforts at persuasion. The wheat farmers will be voting on whether to accept or reject Agriculture Secretary...

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