| Show IND INDEX E X HIGH TOO TO 0 gain gai ini shown in L farm income ah A h washington farm income during the first six months of 1947 was 30 per cent higher than that of the correspond ng period last year it was revealed in the culture department departments s monthly review of farm income farmers netted 11 from the sale of the r products dur ing that period with the total increased to about 12 bill on dollars through government payments the report showed largest increase was 70 per cent reg estered in sale of meat animals cash rece apts from dairy products were up 30 per cent from the cor responding period last year cash receipts from crops were around 3 in the first halt half or 20 per cent above the cor responding period last year most of this increase was in grains and tobacco preliminary estimates tor for june show that farmers received about two b ilion dollars from market an increase of 30 per cent from june 1946 receipts from livestock and the r products were up about 50 per cent on the same basis of compan compari son demand for meat for foi domestic consumption and tor for export con finues unusually strong the agn culture department s statement said meat animal prices in mid june were about 50 per cent higher on the average than a year before the deci ning wheat prices are expected to continue ined august or september because ol 01 the very large export demand however the price decline will be less than is 11 usual when a very large crop u 13 marketed prices paid by farmers tor for their needs in june averaged per ceni of the 1910 14 average prices paid for feed advanced to the highest ae level V ea since last august in general the statement ca conclude ed the index of prices paid by b farmers is expected to continue al high levels in the next few months |
