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Show Which Way Agriculture? Nineteen, hundred thirty-two J was a successful year for farm-jers farm-jers in their struggle for a better I system of marketing. But " 1932 ;and 1931 were the toughest years .agriculture has had since 1915, so ( far as goes income from farm ; products is concerned. We have taken a great fall in the last four-1 teen years dropping from a gross farm income of 16,935,000,000 in 1919 to only $5,200,000,000 in 1932. Present low prices of farm products pro-ducts are due to many causes. Unemployment and reduced incomes in-comes in the United States and abroad are two influences that are largely responsible for the ex-j tremely low levels of prices and farm income which now prevails.' surplus production of farm commodities com-modities has played a part. -Farmers in the United States have lost much of their export business as a result of many other j nations attempting to develop' their agriculture so that they will; be on a self-sustaining basis. Several Sev-eral foreign countries have put up barriers which have helped to limit the outlet for American' farm products. For example some countries have built high tariff; walls to protect their jroducer3 against competition from other countries. Some have restricted the amount of foreign-grown products pro-ducts that millers and other processors pro-cessors use. All of these factors have contributed to present low prices. j The marketing system used in handling our farm products is no doubt one of the factors responsl-1 ble for the reduction in the farm-! ers income, but no marketing system could have prevented the. extremely low levels of prices and farm incomes that have been reached during the last few years, j |