Show I rI r A 1 ii UI-S UI ij DAIRY INCOME IS MOST l CONSTANT CONSTANTI I I I Gross cash Income to farmers from fromI I th the sale ot of products has been more stable the past eight years than the gross cash Income I from any other department ot of agriculture agri- agri culture accordIng to figures which I have been analyzed by Y V. n. n R Wertz jot of the Olio Ohio agricultural experIment station working with thee the rural eco eco- economics i department ot of the Ohio State university Wertz has studIed the gross cash Income ot of agriculture as an Index ot of oti i i prosperity whIch Is more reU- reU able than unIt prIce indicates be- be cause It snows shows the file volume of ot busIne busI- busI l- l ne ness done clone ills statistics are based i upon an Index of which Is the average gross cash Income from the prIncipal sources In 1924 l 1925 5 and and 1936 1 26 I On tills this basis the dairying Income started In l 1930 20 at Hi and dropped with all other sources ot of Income In l 1031 21 to 97 91 whIch was a shorter drop than was shown by any other group o of commodities and was seven poInts above the total gross I cash Income In 1 1922 22 tJ there rc was n a further drop fo 91 1 which was three poInts above aboe the figure for the total It was above aboe the the Index for tor every other department except the sale ot of meat anImals Dairying Income soared In 1323 1 3 to the highest figure reached reache by any Important department of farm In Industry Indus Indus- us- us try since l 1920 20 and above aboe the e. e total otal Income o e index It t dropped Ill lU u l to CU LU Iua Jut was JAIL fill all other figures In l 5 10 5 the Index was 97 7 three points below the figure for forthe the total and In l 1926 dairying Income belled belied Its past performance b by registering regis regis- 9 09 the lowest of aU all the In- In dIces In lp 19 6 G an all Important departments of farming other than dairying showed showe peaks ns as compared cd with l 1925 25 nut But In l 1927 2 according to preliminary estimates estimates esti- esti mates there re was was' u sharp drop whIch was not shared by the d dairying lr Ing branch While the Index for the total i Income In 1927 was down to Dl 91 points dairying remained at 99 the point reached In l 1926 The average fi Index for the ej eight ht- ht year period for dairying In Income ome wa was points while the total gross Income In in income come af average has be been n points I Income from the sale of dalr dairy produCts prod prod- lets makes up approximately ely 23 per per percent cent of the total cash income of Ohio agriculture |