AMERICAN FARM INCOME
HIGH GROSS TOTAL REACHED (United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) WASHINGTON, 19th December. The Crop Reporting Board announced that the shortest supplies of farm products ill any recent year, combined with the highest average prices since 1929 caused the 1936 gross farm income to reach 9,530,000,000 dollars, the highest total for six years. Field crops yielded 3,870,000,000 dollars and five stock 5,180,000.000. Farmers received an additional 480,000,000 .dollars in payment for co-operating with the Government in its soil conservation programme. It is explained that due to the drought, wheat production is 27 per cent, below the average period 19281932.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 21 December 1936, Page 9
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