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By OSCAR REGANReleased REGANReleased BEGAN REGAN BEGANReleased ( Released by Wcs Wes Weri era ern em Newspaper iSewepaper Union Unton UntonTASHINGTON ) WASHINGTON WASHINGTONThough \TASHINGTON TASHINGTON \ WASHINGTON TASHINGTONThough -Though Though - ThoughV Though V ' V his source of income mcome IS ISconstantly isconstantly isconstantly constantly threatened by bv nat natural natural natural ural andartIficIal and artificial dIsasters dIsastersand disastersand disastersand and he must support the na nabon's nation's nation's nations bon's bons tion's tions ' largest family , Mr Av- Av AverageAmertcanFarmerman AverageAmericanFarmerman Av-erageAmencanFarroerman-ages Av erageAmencanFarroerman ages - - erageAmertcanFarmerman- erageAmertcanFarmerman erageAmericanFarmerman- erageAmericanFarmerman - - erageAmertcanFarmermanages erageAmericanFarmermanages ages to save more money moneythan moneythan moneythan than any other average manin man manIn manin In the United Umted States What's Whats What'smore What'smore What'smore Whatsmore ' more technological trends will willprobably willprobably willprobably probably enable him to better his hisrecord hisrecord hisrecord record for economy m in the next few fewyearsand fewyearsand fewyears years-and years and - and get fat doing itA it 1t itA A house to house survey of more morethan morethan morethan than 1 000 000 farm village and city cityfamlbes citytamilies citytamihes famlbes tamilies by the department of ag agrlculture agricialture agnculture rlculture ricialture reveals that 42 per cent of ofthe ofthe ofthe the nation s farm fam fain lies consist of offive offive offive five or more persons Only 26 per percent percent percent cent of the village and city groups groupsare groupsare groupsare are that large the average bemg being bemgslightly beingslightly beingslightly slightly under three Yet where m in mcome income income come is from $1 1 $ 000 to $1 1 $ 250 a year yeara a farm fam ly ends the year witha W1tha W1th with a saving savmg of $26 26 $20 20 $ up wh Ie Ic city fam famIlIes families famihes IlIes of the same level wind wrnd wand up m in ma ina ma a deep financial hole Let a farmer farm farmer farmer er get h s hands on as much as as4 $4 4 ? $ 000 to $5 5 $ 000 a 5 ear and he U 11 save savealmost savealmost . almost half of it the sun surs sur\ey sur ey \ ey dls dis dlsclosed disclosed disclosed disclosedHis closed closedHIS closedISis His ISis Diet Is s BetterWhile BetterThile Better BetterWhile While Thile watch ng ag his pennies penmes the theCarmer thelarmer thefarmer Carmer larmer manages to eat more good goodth goodth goodth theI I th ngs than other groups H s brood broodof broodof : of five consumes 60 per cent more moremilk moremilk 1 milk 16 per cent more butter butler and and25 25 per cent more fresh vegetables vegetablesthan vegetablesthan vegetablesthan than city fam famil es Village fam lIes liesinczdenta2l liesincidentally : meldentalh inczdenta2l are shown by the sur sur'I survey survey 'I I 'Ivey ' vey to be the poorest fed m in the theland theland theland land some almost to the po nt of ofmalnutritIon ofmalnutrition ofmalnutrition malnutritIon though an abundance abundanceof of fresh and nourish nounsh ng foodIS food is usu usually usually usually ally available nearbyIn nearby nearbyIn In fairness however the sur\eyd sur eyd sureyd sun surey \ ey eyd d scloses that farmers do not have haveas haveas haveas as many incidental mCldental expenses as their theirurban theirurban theirurban urban brethren Less than half those thosequestIOned thosequestioned thosequestioned questIOned had electricity while 98 98per 98per 98per per cent of city and village d dvellers vell veil vellers veilers ers get monthly power bills Only Only52 52 per cent of the rural tarn fam lies lieshad lieshad lieshad had installed mstalled telephones as com compared compared cornpared pared with 60 per cent for village villageand villageand villageand and urban famil famll esMore es esMore More than 94 per cent of city cityhomes Cityhomes cityhomes homes . were v.ere vere billed for running runnmg wa watel water va vater tel ter ' while in ln the north central re reg reg reg g on of the United States ony 24 24per 24per 24per per cent of the farms paid for that thatconvenience thatconvenience thatconvenience convenience Furthermore though though94 94 per cent of the farmers own au auto autornob automob to tornob mob les as compared with only only70 70 per cent of the others the agrarl agrarlans agrarlans agranans ans buy three fourths of their cars carsfrom carsfrom carsfrom from the used car market wh Ie le Iemore lemore Iemore more than halt half the city families buy buynew buynew buynew new carsHos cars carsHowever Hos However Hov.ever Hovever . ever from one point pomt of V1ew view V1ewfarm viewfarm viewfarm farm savings savrngs are menaced by the therap therap therap rap d spread of rural electr feat fcat on onWlfh onWith onWith Wlfh With n the past decade the benefits benefitsof benefitsof of electricity according accordmg to the Rur Rural Rural Rural al Electnficat Electrlflcat Electrificat on admmlstrabon administration admmlstrabonhave administrationhave administrationhave have been extended to 700000 700 000 farms farmsIn farmsIn farmsIn In addition addlhon the hard surfacing surfacmg of ofapproximately ofapproximately ofapproximately approximately 85 per cent ol of the thenahan thenation thenation nahan nation s primary prunary and secondary secondaryhighways secondaryhighways secondaryhighways highways has brought the costly at attractIOns attractions attractions tractIOns of the city-beauty city beauty city - beauty par . 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M ! 4 L0iJ1It r L0iJ1Itr L0iJ1ItIe : Ie : I It t " J I : LORDIPOG IT OVER CITY-Agriculture CITY Agriculture - department survey surveyshozs shozs farmer nial nialeng eng $1 1 $ 000 to $1 1 $ 250 250a a year vill villsave save a little of ofit it , city fanielees steth the sense income uond uondup up in a deep financial hole lors theaters shops and department departmentstorescloser departmentstorescloser departmentstores stores-closer stores closer - closer than ever to the farmHowever farmHowever farm farmHowever However it at is po nted out such suchthreats suchthreats suchthreats threats to farm bank balances are aremore aremore aremore more than offset by technologJcal technological technologJcaladvances technologicaladvances technologicaladvances advances which have cut farm pro product product product duct on costs Chief among these theseare theseare theseare are small low cost all purpose trac tractor tractorn tractors tor torn : . v . which v.hich vhich . hlch owe much of their tune time tuneand timeand timeand and fuel savings savmgs ability to the pneu pneumat pneumat pneumat mat c e rubber farm t res onh on \ wh \\h h sh ch chthey chthey chthey they have attained attamed speeds campara compara camparable comparable comparable ble to those of the automob Ie le De Dc Des DcS Des s gned specifically for work on the thetYPical thetypical thetypical tYPical American farm of 100 acres acresor acresor acresor or less these rubber shod machmes machines machmeshave machineshave machineshave have been found to cost a maxI maxImum maximum maximum mum of 34 cents an hour to operate operateon on regular farm work mclud anclud ng depreciat de depreclat depreciat preclat preciat on upkeep interest mterest taJ\.es taJ.es taJ .es es taxes taJ.esand taxesand taxesand \ . and all other chargesReplaces ChargesReplaces charges chargesReplaces Replaces the HorseWith HorseWith Horse HorseWith With government figures placmg placing placmgthe placingthe placingthe the cost ot of working one horse or ormule ormule ormule mule at 154 15 4 cents an hour the thesmall thesmail thesmall small smail rubber equipped eqwpped machines machmes re replace replace replace place four draft animals ammals . wh v.h vh sh ch would wouldcost wouldCost wouldcost cost a total of 61 6 an hour to work workEach workEach workEach Each hour then the tractor is sav say savmg saying saving mg ing at least 276 27 6 cents or $276 276 $2 2 $ 76 ev cv every cvcry every ery cry 10 hour day a s zeable add hon lion honto lionto tionto to farm savings savmgs Furthermore P PW Pv PW W \v v \ Stansfield farm service manag manager manager er of the B F Goodnch Goodrich company companywhich companywhich companywhich which pioneered the development of pneumatic farm t res points pomts out outthat outthat outthat that the saving savmg of approximately 24 24workmg 24working 24working workmg working days on a 150 acre farm farmby farmby farmby by the faster machines machmes enables enablesfarmers enablesfarmers enablesfarmers farmers to cultiva cultivate te appro'tlmately approtlmately appro-.imately appro.imately appro .imately imately approximately33 ' - . 33 additional addlhonal acres with resultant resultantmcreases resultantincreases resultantincreases mcreases increases in m income up to $600 600 $000 000 $ .n n . . c .n n . .nnually .nnuaily nnually nually nuaily Thus it 1t is presumed that thatfarm thatfarm thatfarm farm thnftmess thrlftmess thriftiness despite rlsmg rising rlsmgprices risingprices risingprices prices will increase during durrng the next nextfe nextfe nextfe fe v yearsStallst yearsStatist years yearsStatist Statist Stallst cs es on the cash income mcome of offarm offarm offarm farm families famlhes fanithes are peculiarly rele relevant relevant relevant vant to modern American proMems problems problemsIn proMemsIn In New England average net cash cashmcome cashincome cashincome mcome income for the group of farm op opera operators operators era erators tors families studied was $89 89 $89In $ " 89 89In 89In In the central reg on the average averagenet averagenet averagenet net cash income for the familiesstud families familiesstud familiesstud stud ed extended from a low ot of $518 518 $518m $518in $518in 518in $ m in Iowa to $1 1 $ 202 in Illinois Illmols Dust Dustand Dustand Dustand and drouth disasters are reflected reflectedshll reflectedstU reflectedstill shll stU in ln figures for the mountain mountam and andpIa andpla andpla pIa pla ns as regions where the lowest net netcash netcash netcash cash income mcome was $207 207 $ for famil famll es esI esstud esstud esstud I stud ed in m ni North Dakota The highI highv.as highias high highnas I nas v.as vas ias . $874 874 $ in m Colorado Montana and andSouth andSouth andSouth South Dakota1ew Dakotar.ew Dakota DakotaNew \ New 1\ew 1 ew r.ew rew ' . Englanders Englaaders Need MoreIn \ More l\lore l lore MoreIn I In the Southeast v.hlte vhlte white . \ hite farm faml fami fami1 1 es m in Georg a fared worst with an anaverage anaverage anaverage average net cash income mcome of $449 449 $ fa lot lotthe forthe ! ; the year Mississ Mlsslss ppi ppl white farm farmoperators farmoperators farmoperators operators fared best with an av average average average erage net cash income mcome of $1 1 $ 565 560 56 560Many ( ; Manv Many odd t es were broufht brought ! out nut in m thesurvey the survey Despite their tradl tradi tradltlOnal traditional traditional tlOnal tional thrift New England villager villagers villagersrequired villagersrequired ; required an income mcome ot of from $1 1 $ " 50 50to 50to 51to to $2 2 $ 000 before substantial saving savings savingswere savingswere : were made The expend tures of oflow oflow olow low income mcome Southern farm wive wives wivesand wivesand : and daughters for cosmet cs and andbeauty andbeauty ambeauty beauty parlors almost equalled equaJ1ed those thoseof thoseof thosiof of the Pacific coast group where wherenet wherenet wherenet net cash incomes mcomes were highest In InOhIO InOhio InOhio OhIO and Pennsylvania the farmer farmerI farmerspent farmerspent farmerspent I spent more on clothing clothmg per year yearthan yearthan yearthan than h s wife wlfe wile while m rn in the Mid vest vestmen vestmen vestmen men spent more in ln barber shops shopsthan shopsthan shopsthan than their wives did m in beauty par parlors parlors parlors lors |