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TE See aioe az ae Mies hee at MAKI Mises eeu are aa. wee PRA apy ip Eee ee 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 programs 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. needed adeguately underdeThis 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 production 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 63.
