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Presents the short story "Forbidden Valley," by Thomas Thompson.

Examines the condition of wheat trade in the U.S. Increase in the number of bushels of grain being harvested; Operations of traders that are spreading and switching internationally; Analysis of the accounts of 632 grain-commission houses that are doing business with the Board of Trade.

Shares an author's insight on the condition of the wheat production in North Dakota in 1937. Forecast of the number of bushels that year; Information from crop statisticians on the harvest; Estimated figure of cash loss in 1935.

Reports on the impact of drought on wheat planting in the U.S. Factors that have contributed to the failure of crops; Initiatives undertaken by the government to address the agricultural crisis; Creation of a relief army to oversee relief administration in counties greatly affected by the natural disaster.

Relates the experience of a farmer in buying wheat from growers in the Walla Walla Valley in Washington. Hesitation of the growers to sell their produce; Status of wheat pricing; Difference between raising wheat in a proved section with opening up a new land; Contribution of watching the performance of the wheat market in selling produce.

Discusses the condition of the wheat market in the U.S. in the 1930s. Impact of a bank moratorium on the price of wheat in the U.S.; Opportunity given by the grain market in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Price of grains in Winnipeg during the closure of banks and the Board of Trade in Chicago, Illinois; Effects of climate on the price of grains; Improvements in the grain market in the southwestern region of the U.S.

Discusses the activities of the Farm Board which had title to all the visible supply of wheat in the U.S. Purpose of the Farm Board; Background on the Board's speculations in farm produce; Information on the Grain Stabilization Corp., which owned the visible supply of wheat in the country by June 1, 1931.

The article focuses on the growth of wheat production in the Great Plains. Forty and fifty bushels per acre were harvested by growers through the Southern Plains. An estimated 958,000,000 bushels is the total wheat production in the Great Plains which comprise about two thirds of the entire U.S. output. The prices of wheat are said to be running close to two dollars a bushel.

Discusses the basic premise that serve as basis for Agricultural Marketing Act and the Agricultural Adjustment Act as it applied in wheat production in the U.S. Significant use of the regulation in maintaining the demand and supply situation of wheat; Causes of maladjustment in the wheat prices; Improvement in social conditions of wheat producers.

Discusses how science created the new crop species called Triticale. Advantage of Triticale over a normal wheat plant; Kinds of grain species that combined to create Triticale; Example of modern food crop found by agronomists.

Reports that the U.S. Congress has passed a new system of controls on wheat solve the problem of agricultural surpluses. Provisions of the new regulation; Impact of the agricultural revolution on farmers; Assertion of Agriculture secretary Orville L. Freeman on the criticisms raised by conservative farmers regarding his efforts to harness excess farm production.

Provides information on the grains of wheat spread on the main street in Snyder, Oklahoma in 1957. Eagerness of city residents to lend their pavement as a temporary storage room for 50,000 bushels of the crop in June; Survival of the wheat from various possible disasters such as drought.

Comments on the impact of the Wheat-Cotton Act on farmers in the U.S. Limitation on wheat allotment imposed by the government; Computation of average yield per acre; Restriction in farming under the legislation; Reasons for the opposition of farmers to the bill.

Discusses issues concerning the wheat supply provided by the U.S. to India in 1951. Shipment of wheat and flour imported by India from the U.S.; Wheat trade between Russia and India; Information on the India wheat bill.

The article focuses on farmers in the U.S. The city press portrays farmers as a figure whose interest lies on profiteering. There has been a struggle for power between farmers, farm organizations and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farmers were a little concerned about the wheat-use proposal of the U.S. Congress.

The article focuses on the increasing number of volunteer wheat in Kansas. A rare combination of weather conditions contributed to the increase. A farmer cannot harvest the crop without the consent of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA).The state governor wrote a letter to the secretary of Agriculture requesting him to relax the crop-regulation program of the AAA in order that farmers may save the wheat from penalty.

Focuses on the misunderstanding by a farmer on the term inter vivos mentioned in the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) regulations in the U.S. Decision of the AAA to raise the penalty for overproducing wheat; Reason behind the failure of the farmer to identify the term inter vivos; Definition of marketing according to the regulation.

Presents a comic strip about the Cream of Wheat product.

Focuses on issues concerning the possible shortage of wheat crops in the U.S. Difficulties faced by wheat farmers in the U.S. as of January 1940; Information on the crop-insurance plan and the ever-normal granary farm programs of the U.S. government; Advantages and disadvantages of the ever-normal granary farm program.

The article reports that the government has already prepared the entertain the approaches of the other governments towards the control of surpluses of farm products. Moreover, the growing surpluses of wheat and cotton in the world has increase in per-capita outturn of goods and services in the white world.

Reveals the poor performance of the agricultural industry in the U.S. in 1938. Decline in the price of cotton on the New York market on June 1; Losses posted by the Commodity Credit Corp.; Revision made by the Exchange cotton service to its estimates of world consumption in 1938; Parity price for wheat set out by the U.S. government for the period.

Comments on the implication for the increase in the prices of wheat in the U.S. Consideration of the increase as a favorable business sign; Factors affecting the prices of wheat; Decline in the supply of wheat.

The article presents information on dumping of the American surplus of wheat in the world market. For five years the wheat market of the world has suffered under the weight of abnormal stocks and carry-overs. These were the cumulative result of bumper crops, of the impounding of wheat, in effect, by the Federal Farm Board and by the Canadian wheat pools, and of restrictions placed on imports by most of the countries of Europe. In this continuing abnormal carry-over of wheat in the world, the carry-over of the U.S. has been the largest single item.

Looks at a report released by the U.S. Federal Farm Board in 1932 concerning the stabilization of the price of wheat. Decline in the price of wheat in 1929; Dilemma created by the price of wheat in Canada; Inadequacy of the value of wheat as collateral for loans.

Presents the author's views on the efforts of the Federal Government to support or partly stabilize several agricultural commodities in the U.S. in the 1930s. Role of government wheat purchases in the prevention of bank failures; Implications of the farm relief experiment.

A cartoon that introduces the Cream of Wheat is presented.

The article focuses on the price policies imposed by the U.S. government on wheat and corn. The statement issued by the Office of Price Administration concerning the policies is presented. The impact of the policies on the farmers' confidence in the policies is described.