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Show pi:m : v ; .. .:. ; ;-;i.i:s T!.:i . . : i i. i for tl.e farmer. farm-er. Cor.!:.:..!.-- !::: y received fvum C' ,r '.' a ae '':' c-ct that the prise '' ' ' too h-ajh. Of course lae :' :!' .:"- rot yet all of the m.."oy v 'r'' 'h wi: pay for porterhouse porter-house -'. .' true that the price of in- c- - .-one up to a point v.i. i. . :. -'. ;.jk producer can ma:::.' a :';.:r ;;' t. something they have rw ' -r? !'..r r-.-vc-nd years. Thai t. ( v v.ai! i, a.'a 1 l0 pet" such profit, and T:r a. a, even a higher one, for s'.,u;; -.im-j co come, is the confident f,d:':e:U;i of those who have shM':.-.; r. si.ua.ion most cave-fully. cave-fully. Tiit't V--V r:'i!'r rn.l stockman are entili.-.l !. fa's- profit for their cattle goes v:.V .c.-.l saying. It would seem therofr.iv .!:.': pro.-j.enty is be-1 ing gradually pa- ed around! I But there is man; good news than this. The ih par's.! lit of Agriculture' 'ells us C.al iV-re is an increase of $035,1-10,000 hi the value of this! year's important farm crops, compared com-pared with the vahio of the same crops last year. I: hero, is more tangible tang-ible evidence that the farmer is coming com-ing into his own. And a calculation! of the value 'of about fifty crops shows a tola.l valuation of nearly 8; and a half billion dol'nrs. Quite a! sizeable amount, even in these davs i ot staggering post-war figures. The cotton crop was estimated December 1 to he worth nearly ,000.000 more than the .rot on crop of 1926. The com crop was wo. ih' 5-285,000,-000 more than tap corn crop of the year prc-viers br.r'ey was worth nearly $7-1 0a. '0 more ar.d oats nearly K ! ,nr O.f-ao r.;re ;-,., the crop of 192(!. The Irrgost decrease was in the ca'ue of the yntato cron. Wheat alsosboaoi! a slight decrease. But the total are vrv encourag ing to the farmers as a whole, and; were not due io decreased acreage I because the number of acres in use I increased. |