Show profitable farm year will help to sustain general prosperity agriculture has haa boon been fairly profitable this pita year and the improved sg purchasing fUr chasing power at 0 farmers tari aora will do auch 4 inch io to uphold general economic well being through the winter tile tho united states atea Dart department mont ot at agriculture declares in its october report on the agricultural situation the department points out but however that while conservative judgment ot of tile recovery a 0 agriculture la Is warranted 1 farm prosperity can bo be as easily overrated over rated as it la Is a splendid harvest the dopart department part ment says saya not bumper yields but production well adjusted to rea needs tito the two groat great money maney crops cotton and wheat are now along where some borne idea can be ba gained ot of their value cotton apparently stands to banig its producers an income of approximately which Is about like last year had and wheat producers apparently stand to receive about 1000 1 which Is also near or slightly below last year those these two leading crops probably index the general crop income agricultural ri income will not be grea greatly aly in excess of 0 last year but but th the point la Is that this la is the second fairly profitable year the season will go a long way to level up regional conditions the corn belt along with tile the dairy and diversified east have been low to feel tile the stimulating current of revival but now the rising prices ot hogs hoga and cattle together with a reasonably good corn crop mean some profit in the corn belt the slowly strengthening prices tor for dairy products plus higher potatoes and minor cash crops promise somewhat better income tor for the east the whole holo agricultural map thus slowly emerges from economic shadow i discussing the situation by key regions the department says the east la Is busy with silo tilling filling potato digging fruit harvesting and tall fall work generally potato yields aro are disappointing corn growth Is excellent helped by late rains beans buckwheat ana other crops lu in bartest t were damaged by heavy rains in the he north winter grain to ie mostly seeded the dairy situation la Is ra ather ther static but improves Improve ff rather than VV berwise her wise tito the south la Is generally under the ban of at try dry weather drought and heat havo have been a real catastrophe in northern georgia and portions of 0 the carolinas the whole piedmont region Is lard hard lilt hit the cotton crop Is Is spotted but generally fairly good picking la is wel along and ginning aghas haa been heavy feed crops have been shortened by dry weather general conditions are fairly good except ex capt in drought areas the corn coin belt has tho the corn hartest well along with the crop matured safely ab ead of frost thero there la is some borne chatty corn in areas hit by dry weather but the bulk of 0 tile the cro crop p la is apparently good grain tho region Is IB busy with the late harvest and tall nil work winter grain has baa been planted under favorable conditions T tho he hog and cattle situation generally generall favor optimism th the e cheat wheat belt has winter wheat seeding about finished local catl aati mates ot at acreage vary but general indications are of so some me increase tn creaso cier oer last calir spring wheat yields are only fair but grain la is excellent quality and prices are stimulating threshing tj 1 practically finished them the general result ot at the season la is favorable to the region as a whole the te range country has the cattle and sheep movement to market well along stock la Is moving down trova from the high range to winter pastures thoro there la is a heavy demand for awes owea many owe ewe lambs are being hold held back on range and 1 many old owes owea shipped to farm docks for or breeders bleeders bre eders some cattlemen are stocking up where resources are favorable ond the whole region la Is improving in tone on the pacific coast tile the apple and grape harvest hartest are aie well along prunes are picked gaitin Is mostly threshed fall seeding la is about finished in the north though hindered by dry weather veather the same la 13 true ol at winter trucks in tho the south cotton la Is being picked in tile the south rico and citrus fruits aro are develop awell well the general sentiment la is brately optimistic the he departments department a index ande ot at the rol rel adire purchasing power of oc 30 farm arm products Is placed for august compared with 91 in july tho the alvo year 1909 14 average ot of being used cis as a base |