Show show 1925 best in five years 1 for prices to the farmer 1 WHAT TH E FARMER PRODUCED I 1 N 1925 OTHER PRODUCT S SUCH AS WOOL SUGAR CROPS FOREST CROPS HON EY ETC T ISACCO 24 POULTRY VEGEM do TABLES DAIRY a P CEREAL COTTON FRUITS scotton SEED I 1 L VALUE OF FARM BY YEARS 1916 1921 1917 1922 1918 1923 1919 rO 1924 1920 1925 SEARS ROEBUCK agricultural T ill aunut i produced pird prud just about UE as baliell baulf in ill lujo 1023 us ad in ill li 1 tiuis was ivas worth a hundred nill nil llou dollars more according to the annual year end survey of the sears roebuck agricultural foundation the average of all farm prices Is now per cent of the prewar pro pre war average oa as compared with per cent last benr at tills this time tho the real significance of this Is indicated indicate d more clearly by the relation of returns from tile sale of farm products to wholesale prices of commodities which tile the farmer buys and consumes tills this means states the foundation Found ution that the purchasing power of tile the formers fur mers dollar has risen fro GO ca tile the lowest point following war to 00 for 1025 and indicates that agriculture Is recovering tile the low peak prior to he fie war of values of farm products came in 1014 1914 with a valuation of the high peak values for farm products came during the war with a gross kotul of for 1010 1919 then came alla ilour critical years in which farm prices fell below cost of production an bcd d values became correspondingly low in 1024 1924 the total value of nil all tho the farm products raised in the th e united states a tea was estimated at tills this year the production Is estimated at the cash income to the bariner for ills his 1025 1925 work will be right around HOW THE LAMB MARKET BEHAVED IN I 1 E WEEKLY REND OF FA LAMB RICES AND RECEIPTS 1 I 01 H A 0 I 1 JAN IFE MA MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP AT I 1 I 1 HUNDRED 1 DING PRISS 4 0 ta 0 0 US RECEIPTS A A RECEIPT MOO SEARS ICK A A prices tor for lamb have been relatively high in 1020 1025 with lamb supplies available lable for slaughter only slightly below normal aigul ea according to an analysts analysis of tile the lamb market by the sears roebuck agricultural Poun foundation dation in the sheep producing states dates pax pastures tures and ranges have been good conditions la in the whole area west of the rocky mountains are arc vastly better than they were a year ago the sheep industry was much more profitable in 1025 1925 than it was in 1024 lamb prices in chicago averaged 1535 in november 1023 1123 as compared with an average of for the same month in the five years from to 1013 the top price was waa reached in january at 1850 per hundredweight rind tho the low price of 1250 came in may both prices and receipts havo have fluctuated up up and down dowil through the entire season but efforts to expand production have kept market receipts down because ranc ranchers herm were retaining their ewe lambs with which to replenish nud and increase their locks flocks the number of ewes slaughtered from july to september in 1025 Is the smallest for that sar period during the last four years the number of lambs lamba on feed both in the corn belt anil and in the western feeding districts la is smaller than last year and some advance in the th 0 present price of lamb seems probable from r w on there will probably bo be a larger lamb crop howe however verp tills this spring and a moderately lower level of pric price esaa sas these thelle lambs come coma to market during 1020 1920 |