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Show B THE KAHMuo B INCOME H Just how much (loos Uio .average H farmor mnkoT Tho answer to this H i.-uns " question ha3 heen long H - sought by ngrlcultural oxperts, slnco H It Is tho ultlinato test of all systoms H of farm management. It Is simple H -enough to calculate tho cash prollts H received in tho courso of tho year, H but tlicflo do not mcasuro tho farm-H farm-H o.-'s succcsn. Tho farm supplies him H with much besides money with food, H shelter, and fuel. For these things H tho city worker has to pay out n M largo part of his wages. Thoy must, H therefore, bo included in any Just M estimate of tho farmer's income. In H other words, tho city worker is Paid M entirely In cash, tho farmer partly H in cash, partly directly In tho nee-H nee-H cssltlus of life. m ) To obtain fuller knoulodgo of the B vnluo of this direct contribution from m tho U.S. Uepartment of Agriculture H lias recently concluded an Investigates Investiga-tes tlon which Included 438 farm tarn-H tarn-H illcs divided among ten states in dlf H forent soctlous of tho country. Tho H Investigators found that on Uicso H farms tho cost of maintaining each B srown person was on tho average of H $176 a year. This sum was compos-1 compos-1 cd of tho following items: m Dairy products $21 H Pork 1J M Poultry and oggs 12 H Garden 1 H Ilecf G H Fruit c H "Wood and coal 13 H Groceries 22 H Uouso rent 28 m Labor 46 M Of this sum only about 22 per cent M wns paid out in cash. The remain- M dcr was furnished by tho farm, not M in t'.'o form or money but in thoso M things for which tho money would H Imvo been exchanged. The extent M to which a farm can thus bo made M i,olf sustaining, made to supply tho 1 wants of tho family that lives upon M It without resorting to buying and M sullng Is indicated by conditions In M tho particular area or North Carolina M included In the investigation. H The Investigators found that In this B urea tho average annual uiluo of tho M fcod, fuel, oil, and sholtor eiUoeJ M by tho farm family was $305. Or this M num tho farm furuislied directly ?42tf M leaving only 7C to bo bought. M Food was, of course, tho principal WM Item. This amounted to $401.93 or H vhlch $330.05, or 62.3 per rent v. an M raised on thu fat in. If It had not M been, Indeed, for such articles as tea, H coffee, sugar, salt, nnd other grocor- M les which It was lmposalblo to pr- B Otico at homo these tarms might bo M called actually self sustaining. Of tho H animal products consumed meat, M poultry, milk, eggs, cheese, etc. m 07.3 per cent wore homo grown; of H - tho fruits 93 ier cent and of tho veg H tablea 0G.1 per cont. Of tho other M articles consumod, however, and B -classed togothor as groceries, only H :24 per cent was raised on tho farm. M 'Tho grocery bill was therefore tho H 'Inrgost item In tho cash expenditure. |