Show farm prosperity continues rise I 1 lasalie asalle map of business condition ii 10 1 1 I t aw 0 r aby ab y 1941 fa L A survey ol of business conditions for february reveals that prosperity is steadily rising increased industrial employment is is stimulating demand for farm products the resultant larger farm purchasing power is raising demand for manufactured products many prices are arc gradually moving higher by L G ELLIOTT president lasalle extension university prosperity ot of the farmers Is slowly improving farm income has again risen higher and is now the best in 10 years tho the outlook is tor for continued improvement as long as defense expenditures remain large greater demand his has pushed the prices of many products higher the general average of the prices received by farmers Is about 5 per cent above that of last year at this time the trend continues to be slowly upward with only temporary interruptions effects of expansion in industry and larger consumer incomes are rapidly spreading out into every community consumer purchasing power has been most strikingly reflected in recent weeks by the heavy buying in retail stores both in cities and in rural districts sales have declined from the high holiday peak but they are still from 10 to 15 per cent higher than a year ngo |