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Show Average Farm Family Sees Income Recede Buying Power Higher Now Than Year Ago What, if anything, Is happening to the aveage U. S. farmer with regard re-gard to the money he gets for what he raises, and does he have anything any-thing to worry about? Although there has been a moderate mod-erate drop in Income of farmers, the average family has more pur-chasing pur-chasing power today than St had a PURCHASING POWER Ij im ma wmm una tua fu. M N"U'"f p .mot smtmn, Himiitroun year ago, a reliable monthly survey sur-vey of "real Income" reveals. "Real income" Is the relationship of revenue rev-enue to living costs. The national figures Indicate that the average home has 2 per cent more buying power than last year. Wage-earners, salaried people and those with Investment Income are equally well off, while the farmer Is now about 3 per cent below his status of a year ago. It should be remembered, however, how-ever, that such status a year ago was at a then all-time high. Besides the recent drop In farm prices, the survey said, it Is expected ex-pected that there may be further tapering off during the next six months, but farm Income will continue con-tinue at a high level In the same ,way, although surpluses are beginning begin-ning to appear In the clothing industry, in-dustry, there are no signs yet that 'sharp price breaks are likely. |