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for farm prices 3 which runs close to $2 Billions this year ¬
the purchasing power of farmers will hardly fall off substantially.
This will enwourage a further mechanization of their operations.
For many years to came producers of road building equipment
should have little worries. In the United States substantial pro¬
grams by both the federal and state authorities are under way for
road building and improvement. Roughly $60 Billions would be
from now until the end of the decade to maintain and improve
the U.S. highwaysystem. Other parts of the world, especially
veloped countries are planing ambitious road constructions.
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This branch
of Allis Chalmers should do well.
Other heavy or light machbneries are subject to the general
ecenomic situation, except equipment and supplies for power generation
and transmission..
There is today a considerable demand of electricity for various
industries, Home consumption, with the increase of television, electric
heating and other appliances should go up substantially. In that pro¬
duction therefore, Allis Chalmers has another ready market.
The new line, of course, and which should provide considerable
expansion, is the electronic field. It should be mentioned here the
far reaching studies made by Allis Chalmers towards the development
of atomic energy for propulsion and power production.
No wonder that in the last five years sales of the Company have
increased from $94 Millions to $ 457 Millions. 4952 will certainly top
this last figure. Backlog of unfilled orders are amounting to over
a year of full production.
From the above mentioned record there is little doubt that Allis
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