Show Uintah County Included in National Survey How much docs does it cost to live on a farm Nobody really knows STARTING THIS April the US U.S. Department Department De De- of Agriculture will conduct a nationwide survey in sample counties counties coun coun- ties to current information about the dollars spent and purchases made by farm people for family living needs Uintah County is one of th these se sample counties W. W Grant Lee Statistician in charge of the utah Crop and Livestock ReportIng Reporting Report ing Service stated that the survey results re se- suIts will update the important prices paid index an economic indicator of how farmers are doing compared with other groups in the economy The index also provides guidelines for farm policy pol pot icy and programs ITS IT'S BEEN nearly two decades since a Farm Family Survey Sur vey was conducted Obviously rising costs and changing living habits have greatly altered the kinds and quantities of goods and services purchased Farmers have become greater con consumers consumers consumers sumers sumers' sumers of manufactured goods goodS' wl which ch means an important source of income for rural merchants and small town economies The survey will help determine determine deter deter- mine the economic impact of the Nations Nations Nation's Nations Nation's Na Na- tion's 28 million some farms-some 95 million mil million lion people MR LEE pointed out the findings inthe in inthe inthe the survey will aid federal and state agencies in public assistance funds funds including eligibility for rural de do- food stamps and similar programs Mr Lee is asking for forthe the cooperation of Uintah County farmers contacted in the survey He says visits will be made in April and July 1973 and January 1974 to collect data All individual reports reports re reo re- re ports will be kept confidential and only regional and national information sum sum- summaries maries mantes will wiD be published |