920 TUESDAY JULY 29 1947 150th quarterly meeting og Deere & Co Directors I have attended 95 $9,503,000 was appropriated, mostly for adding 50% to Dubuque plant and some to Waterloo. When this is done we will have a capacity of 325 tractors a day in Waterloo and 150 at Dubuque. At present 250 a day in Waterloo & 50 at Dubuque. IHC production at present of wheel tractors is 606 a day. 220 A.C. 150 Case 400 Ford. 60 MH & 35-50 M.H. At present our average earnings per man $140 per hour. About 21,000 employees. Bruce Lourie reported sales to July 20 $127,000,000 On june 1 47 the Branch House managers estimated that a normal years business would be $379,750,000 with about 10% for export. $379,000 their setimate for 47-48 if the goods abailable. Dealers indicated they could sell $490,000,000 Harry Getz & I at the Stones for dinner

Creator

• Brown, Theophilus

Language

• English

Identifier

• MS02.01.27.229
• 1947_1_229

Keyword

• diary

Year

• 1947

Date created

• 1947-07-29

Related url

•  https://digital.wpi.edu/show/j3860b374

Resource type

• Image

Source

• MS02.01.27.229.268

Last modified

• 2023-09-06