Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 5 · column 7 of 9 · from the scan, no model involved
Seventh District Congressman J. Kenneth Robinson is backing a House Joint Resolution directing the President, Secretary of Agriculture and other officials to develop and implement a more comprehensive program for foreign sales of American agricultural commodities.
According to Robinson, “A great many American farmers are in deep economic trouble. After they deduct costs of production and adjust for inflation, their net income this year is projected by the Department of Agriculture to be less than farmers received in 1936—the lowest in 41 years. “But their production costs continue to soar for items
97.1%