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Show Agent Agent Explains Farm Family Outlook for 1938 By RUSSELL R KEETCH KEErct KEETCHU1ntah KEErctITlntah } Ulntah U1ntah ITlntah C County < nmty AgentIn AgentIn Agent AgentIn In firm fann farm . family famUy record records * lor far for t.ill till the thecountry . thecountry ' country as a whole 1937 1 > 37 goesdown goes goesdown goesdown down a food good year Net . farm farmmoney farmmoney farmmoney money Income available avaUable for living livingexpenses livingexpenses llvlniexpense expenses * and for far getting aheadfinancially ahead aheadfinancially aheadfinancially financially haj hWl has been greater thanIn than thanIn thanIn In any since It2t 1929 By the lhe end of Decomber De December December cember total t.otal . receipt receipts Ipt . * from farmmarketings farm farmmArketings farmntarketings mArketings ntarketings of ot farm product produC products l * andI and andI androm fcri I I mm rom rem . Government werrunenb Oovernmenb O < payment paymexits paymen f ' fctr ( 1837 937 > 37 showed an Increase of ot four tour tourteen fourteen teen per cent over 1 1936 3 All parts ofthe of oft.he ofthe t.he the . country c.ountry . have shared ahared In 10 thl lh1s this Income In Income income come Increase lncreaae The South Sout.h . OBntralStates OentraJ Oentral OentraJStates OentralStates States were perhaps the t.he . most for - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . . tunMe t.lI.nal.e tlInal.e tlInale tanate . . the West . North Nort.h . OI : > Central nt.raJ ntraJ . theINI&t theleaai the thelABAt lABAt INI&t INIt leaai . & lABAtThe INI&tThe leaaiThe The outlook for 1938 1 3 Is for aTlI.t.her arather a ai i rather TlI.t.her TlIt.her TlIther . . less Ie prosperous preeperous year for tJ1e the thefarmer tJ1efanner thefarmer fanner farmer than was 1937 1 37 Total 10 In 10come Income Income come from farm marketing market1ngs * ma may maydecrease mavdecrease v vdecre.ase decre.ase decrease . somewhat since lowerpricea lower lowerprices lowerprices prices for farm fann product product.s products . * are exftAed e1C ex e1Cipedted exgreeted ipedted greeted ProducKlon Prodiagplon P'rod.l1 Prod.l1 Prodl1 ' . * um expenses egcpen.ses egcpenses a . cpennsea forlt3 for 1938 may rise slightly a1ighUy Consequently ConsequentIy Consequent Iy ly the net . ajnount a.mount amount . remaining aJtcr at of atleT ofter leT ter production expenses have beendeducted been beendt"ducted beendeducted dt"ducted dtducted deducted " from trom receipts from mar market.1ngs marketings | ketlngs ket.1ngs ket1ngs ketings . probably will wUl be smallerthan amallerthan smaller smallerthan than In 1W7 1937 Income from Oov Jov 0ev Oovennnent Jovennnent 0eveminent < [ ennnent eminent payment payments paymente * In 1 1938 3 la Is le ex expected exported I exI peeled pected ported to be somewhat above that .hat hat ! . . - - . . . - of ot 1M7 1937 but . this till * Increase Increa Is 13 not notlikely notlikely . likely to off ott offset et t . the decline In net netreceipts netreceipts netreceipt receipts * from marketing marketlngB marketinga * Hence Hencen Hence'n HenceIn n 'n ! ' I'M IM 1938 ' farm money Income may maytend maytend maytend tend to be lower 10000er tower than In tn 1937The 1937The 1M7 1937 1M7The The buying power of farm in income income Income come probably will wUl decline lightlytoo sIghtly alghtly sIghtlytoo alghtlytoo too cine since aince * price prices * the farmer tarmer payfor pays paysfor paysfor * for what he buy buys * ar are * expected tofall to totall tofall tall fall les 1es8 less * than the t.he . price prices * he receivesfor receives receivesfor receivesfor for what . he sella sells sellaThe sellsThe ell * The year 1 1938 3 thus bid bids * fair tobe to tobe tobe be one of challenge to the t.he . fannfamily farm farmfamily farmfamily family Warned In advance ad\ance ad ance adsance \ thatlt3s that . 1938 money Incomes may be smal smaller ama maller ] ler Icr than t.han . In I 1937 37 fann farm families t9.m1l1es t9m1l1es . cando C'8J1 C8J1 can ' C'8J1do cando do much to beat . the t.he . fame game by . . . - planning to w ue use * their cash em emcienUy emciently eBclently ( cienUy ciently and by Increasing their lheir Inoom income In , oome come oom In 10 kind They do not ta.ce tace face ta.cethe facethe faceth . the hopelessly hopeleuJy low selling aeillng price prices * and andreduced andreduced andreduced reduced Incomes IncomM of depression depressionYIu1I depressionyears depressionyear YIu1I years " : YIu1IDuring yearsIhrring During Ihrring l 1937 y7 fann farm families famU1es famtltes havefared have havefared havefared fared better than for tar many years yearsSkill } earsSkill ears earsBk1Il Bk1Il Skill In managing family famlly resourceswHl rt"sourcea rtsourcea resources rt"sourceaw1l1 resourceswill " w1l1 will make the 1M7 1937 Income stretch stretch'IL stretchlts 'IL IL ' Ita lts " farthest tarthest Flans PlaI1 Plans lor for the 1 1938 3 mayempha may mayemphasize mayemphasize emphasize lz traditional tradlUonal cash savingpractices saving savingpractlce.slncreaslng savingpracticesIncre practices-Incre practices Incre practlce.s-lncreaslng practlce.slncreaslng practlce.s practlces lncreaslng . - - Incre&slng Increslng & stng the home hom food foodsupply foodsupply upply supply froxi from tr m orchard and rardcnand garden gardenand gardenand and from the poultry flock fiock andthe and andthe andthe the dairy herdHow herd herdHow herdHow How much farm furnished fumllhed ! food counts up . , , freeing treeing each caah cash for far other otherpurposes otherpurpose purposes * has haa Just been vividly vividlyshown vividlyshown shown by a fann farm family living IIvln1J 5tud.v 5tudv study 5tud.vmade studymade studymade . made by the th * Bureau of Horn Home * Ec- Ec - Economics Ec Economic - onomic onomles onomics * The average money value vaiue valueof vaiueof valueof of farm fun funusbed abed furnished food of Or the white whitetamlliea whitefamilies whitefamilies tamlliea families thus thU5 tudled studied was wa.s . between$300 between300 between $200 200 $ and WOO $000 000 $500 500 $ $ in 10 17 area AreU areas , * , above$500 above500 above $600 600 $500 500 $ $ In 3 2 : ; ) area a.reaa areaa areas . , * , and below $200 200 t200 $ Inthe in inthe Inthe the remaining two area areas areas . * . In the general pneral situation att.uaUon attuaUon situaticat . , on one * of ofthe ofthe tth the beil best thine thinp things * about living l1vtng on afarm a afarm afarm farm l Is that the outlook . for Lhe the thefamily thefamily LhefamUy famUy family Is alwaya always better than t.han . to 18 Is tb tboutlook the theout.1ook theoutlook outlook out.1ook out1ook . for fOT the taMe table of the cityfamily city cityfamily cityfamily family with a comparable lncoo 1ncOO1e income 1ncOO1eContinued incomeContinued cContinued ( Continued on pace page five nye ) ! I A.FNT AFNT A < ( .FNT FNT . . I-XPIJMNS I XPIJMNS .XPl.AIN XPl.AIN XPlAIN I-XP1-AIN XP1 AIN - - . - } l-AKM l AKM FARM lAKMFAMIX FARMFAMll - ARM FAMIX FAMII FAMll \ OUTlOOK OUTI OOK 1'OR 1OR fOR IOI ' I'm Im 1'J1S 1J1S tnt ' ' ( 01 or 0111 tI II f ' ed < 1 rr tr > m n Ofl\lf Ofl lf OIWC OIWCior ur \ ' i n iIur I-ur I ur rur i-or or - t the time fresh frt.h frth ' . fr IfPgt'tat it its If < . , s \ vegetal \Pgt'tat Pgt'tat Pgttat c-getat c getat - ' 1 I Ieggs 1-sopy 1 sopy > < ; - eggs ( ' gc ! ; ; nitik milk nt rJ k an and dot other 11 I'r Ir . ' Proteiifoo pr proteOi Proteii ol . { ' ( J1 1food-s 1food s ) I for lor tor tl tI It I ' I Ihealth ehealth food foo < ts _ - 'I I ' . which are art ' Imperial 11I1porta1 lumportat l t hl'alth hlalth health ' but expen expensive ive ' > to buy can canbt can canbI canbe I the tarm farm withmoderate wttli with amoderate bt > bI - providt provldl providm d by modt'fate modtfate moderate ' outlay of ra-sh ra sh "a.ch a.ch ach cns.sh cnssh ( " . - . ; . ai 11.1 111 at 1 I 1 I itr itrDiets , il hM or " orniets Die niets Diets ! . ' ! classed dad ela'eed elaeed . . _ ' as ae ; first flr"t flrt " rate ral.e rale . fol11 Iron fol11the Ironthe fionithe ! the standpoint of at nutrition weN wer wer10mm werefoiii ' fOllI 10mm d ci almost aJrn05t altruist twice twlCt ' as I ( ftt ttl ft < n a am alII ann ng nit ngrepreSf'ntative nitrepresentative UKrepresentative repreSf'ntative repreSfntative representative ' white farm farm fann famlllf Iamlilc Iamlilcas familiesas " city workers worken In a com coat comprehf'nslvt coatPreIIemLsiVe coinprehenslve a'l al as ' among munmong prehf'nslvt prehfnslvt PreIIemLsiVe ' " . study s.tudy of tamil famil family , living- living livingI1owt"vl'r livingHowever livingHowever - I1owt"vl'r I1owtvlr However " . ' the dicta diets diet-s diet s - of 15 per pf'r pfr pr ' cent centof centof rentof of tilt tl th < farm ( arm ffLmllles flUJ1l1t's flUJ1l1ts families ! ' ranked rankf'd rankfd ' n.e ne n.epoor a-spoor a spoor . - 'I I ' poor and those thO1St thcwe ' of 45 per cent . . , a.s as an . a.sonly anonly asonly only mode-rately mode rately modl.raU'l modl.raUl modlraUl mnoderatel ' . - ' ) good Mo e I ' that than thathair thanhalf thaihalf hair half of these theSf ' farm families fllm\ll'I fllm ll'I llI \ ! ' ' tht'l thtl theme themefore theiefore ' ( ' : fore could wvll well wvfl work toward mak makInK maktag makIng InK tag their dicta dlf'ts dlfts diets ' first flnt rate rtlU > by mE'ans mEans meant mE'ansof meantof meansof ' I of ' bette- bette bt'ttf btttf belle- belle bettehome bellehome ' ' ' ' - - horn home ! " food rood production productionI productionprograms Productionprograms productionprograms productionprogramsIn I ' programs programsIn In the thl ' outlook outJook for tl tI e I " tabl lablt < of ofthl ofibm ofLhe ' thl ibm- ibm ibmfarm " - farm family famllv the thf ' year Yl"ar Ylar " l 1 1935 1935adds J1a J1aadds < < madds adds a few bright touches of its itsown Itfiown o-n o n own Itsjon " - to the thl . ' traditional happy hrt hrtwns h ) , rl rlzoos rizons Itsj I wns zoos of furm f&rm frm Is-i-rn Is i rn & - - food A goodly gdly ( ) ylcl ytel ylell ylellfrom I Ifrom 1from from gardena Kardl'l1S Kardll1S gardens . ' and orchards orchardc ; in 1\1 1 ma \ l93 l93has 193'ihas 193ihas ' hI\ hI 19371hI hIbM'n has \ . ' > been bM'n bMn ' < , conserved onservt'd onservtd ' o\er o er O\f'r f'r fr oser \ ' the 19371 frst fret frstpo.rt frstpn-rt frstpn rt fretpart ' po.rt port part . - of 1938 until spring vt'flI vegetables vege- vege vt'fl- vt'fl vtfl vegetables ' ; - - - I | tablf tables " ' ! are Rre again afaJ.n afaJn { . en route trim fr)111 fr111 Irnn ) tilt Ito tiltI tiltgamPI Itogarden fixgardei gamPI garden to 10 ( the thf lie ' tableRetail table tableRetail I I Retail Re-tail Re tail - food tood prices prkt'I prktI ' ' R as a-c a c - ft a a1 \ wt \\1 1 If In Indcclii Iedeclli ' dcclii dt " < ' 11 ! ed t'd td ' during the lal latter tt'r ttr ' lart lartI lartlor ( art artof artof of ] 1937 937 and the bill for food for fortTH forthe forthe I lor tTH the " f I funlly unlly ennily 1 is < ; expected eXpI"ctt'd eXpIcttd " ' to 10 1I\t 1I t aim a\trage'omewhate a trage'omewhate trageomewhate \ \ rl1gt rage rage'iomcwtnate ' I "Omp\\hatP "Omp Omp hatP 'iomcwtnate iomcwtnate " ' ' \ 10V\ 10V IOWPT 10Vf"T lower \ < f"T fT " In 19111 ltl3l3 19111100Unok ltl3l3&utlnok 19'tflOutlook 19tflOutlook ' I 100Unok &utlnok utlnok & for foe the thf ' Farm FamilyAntomobUf FamilyAutomobile Family FamilyAatomobilp Aatomobilp AntomobUf Automobile ' I IThP | AutomobileThe The ThP automobile RIlI.omobllf RIlIomobllf . " ha has < ; ' sped 'Ipt'd Iptd ' to 10 tI it tiefr e ' eIr ( Ir r 1'1r nl nt in farm family life In Iht time ( tiepist " 1'1 11 : p'1et p1et pict ' ; I li Pt ' ) * yea yt'a yta ' s ti Just l I o 0 a ' . ( far ar HI It tt 1 t wcome nc ncrome > \ . . 'orne orne rome ( ' ts Is . shown .hoVln hoVln shoun In to tI U tie f e ' fm-m fm m flUm farm - fan fall fant 11\ 11 11IfiJl il illie 11\living 11 living \ \ If\iJl If iJl lie \ tag slId at s mdi ) dy } , of tI II tie e b ii birenu Irf"IlU IrfIlU irnami " of ho i n e ( ' econornics eeconomics f"conomlcs fconomlcs conornics " Clothing CJothlng I < xpense xpt'nsf xptnsf xpernsn ' > u1t'd u1td uced u1t'df ucedi Uhed11 , ' f i rll rfii ran ! k second 5econd In the tlw spendli spf'ndtr spfndtr spendin ' g I { of ofarm offarm farm oflfarm arm fiimlllea filmllle fnmmilies But Bmit thl tini this " ht hI at m i h hhow I ) \ /-how how chow chowsi / - ? .howeel howeel . howI'd ofl I'd Id ' si - the t-he t he a R itomobllp ltomoblll itomobtle ' takinf taklnR taktng taktngccond ? f < , > -ccond ccond - secondplace ccondlace cond condpll"l pll\"l pll "l l lace- lace lacefoilowing ' \ ' ( " . ' - I ( following tol1owing foilowing food on t the hI ' list Il.st Ilst flat listf Il.stf flatI . , I f t H\IT H IT It\h is \ Ii g ' expendit f'xpt'ndtt fxptndtt ' In ir irs ire-s ire s < - -s s . , - In mor more morn " t tl tI 1 RI en RIhalf nihnlf enintl half intl Of o < ' the farm anae aras ar < as ; carl\a carl a caress-see caress see caressseeri can \ asse - e I IT 1Tf T ri ! Is \ < , expenditure f'xpt'ndlturl fxptndlturl ' ' ' did not includeIi Include Indudt Includehp ' thf Iico.ct hp Ii- Ii > ' - co.t cot eot co.ct coct . . . , ' . of Ihe the ( tie car for farm farni "ork ork work "orkOn " workOnrv On ) nPt rv ' the thl ' family fR.mlly fRmlly familys . s . share "hart hart " ' II ins < i s c ; a alii ails ailso 11\ 11 11pl"T \ ' ) ( ' 0 o per pl"T plT pr " cerit rl'nt rlnt ce-nt ce nt ' - ) ) was CIR f1R fig ired tred In tt"rnl ttrnl terrn terrnt " lemvif . ' * lf , t dollars c1olla.rc c1ollarc dnllaz-c dnllaz c . ; - and Rnd cei ret ff ' ! ts Is tsFarm IsFarm tsFarm Farm ft-mllle ft mllle 1mIlIM femitie'c femitiec ( ' - ' U Uemselien tlcniselsns f'mseh fmseh ' prob pTob probablv pTobIblv probablv ablv Iblv hnve have has-a has a - also figured figuTe(1 figuTe1 ( what Ih lb Ihautomobile lbiutomobile thautonnoblle automobile iutomobile means mee.ns meens . In l less 10nel1 loneli loneliseas 10nel1nf'SS lonellness nf'SS nfSS seas ' tnore more snore recreal rue-real rue real recreation - Ion and Rnd mend more more- morechance morehanee morechance - chance hanee for meetting meetUng oth others othe-a othe a - and arid aridfiscusaing aruldiscus-iing aruldiscus iing CU.S.odng CUS.odng CUSodng fiscusaing l < ; . - mutual problems probt"ms probtms ] " 01 fYI fYIreat 01great Ofgreat great reat tnlercat int.ereat intereat tnteremt . to fanm farm famUies tamUies farnUies ! therefore is fa the outlook ottUook foxthe for fox- fox - the thea.utomobUe theautomobile theautomobile theautomobileAdjnstmento a.utomobUe automobUe automobile a.utomobUeI automobileAdjustinenta . theI I I Adjnstmento Adjastment.lr Adjastmentlr Adjustinenta . In FliumclaJ Flnanelal Llnancil * Plans Ptarna PlansI Ptarnaef Pfauiscf ef < I Era Fwnm Fann FamUleff FamWe - I to for . ( 1938ThrIft 19Z 19ZThrift 1938 1938Thrift I Thrift In spending what monelis money monel moneylis moneyIs is available avnUable Is characteristic chnractt"ristic chnracttristic " of the tin thelum tinXarm theJarm lis lum Xarm family famUy In half of the rural ruralareas ruralareas ruralareas areas Included In the bureau olhome ot ol otI othome ofhome home economics economlcs study fitudy atudy average l1v liv l1ving living llvIng I ing expenditures expenditure-s expenditure s - were bf > below low ne-t ne t net netmoney netmoney netmoney - money Income wh when n farm fnmil11'5 fnmil115 famfller fnmil11'5I fnmil11'5reached famfllerreached familiesreached ' reached the $500 500 SOO $ 00 ' > Income mark mat-k mat k markThe matkThe - . I The probability probablJlty of a Q somewhat somewhatlowered somewhatlowered somewhatlowered lowered farm money Income In 33 H 33may Hmay 33may may mean readju readjustments re-adjustments re adjustments - tml'nts tmlnts ' in plans plain for plansfor plainfor the farm business bwiness Hand Ullnd Iand Ip Inhand 1 1hnnd I plansI hnnd hand Iphand with such changes for the thefann thefarm thefarm |