Show DAIRY INCOME IS MOST CONSTANT gross cash income to farmers from the sale of dairy products has been more stable during the past eight rears than the gross cash income from any other department of aarl culture according to figures which have been analyzed by V n R wertz of the ohio agricultural experiment station working with the rural eco 1130 department of the ohio state university wertz has studied the gross cash income of agriculture as an index of farm prosperity which Is more rell able dball unit price indicates because it shows the volume of bustness business done ills his statistics are based upon an index of which Is the average gross cash income from the principal sources in 1924 1025 and ir 1926 6 on tills this basis the dairying income started in 1920 1020 at and dropped with all other sources of income in 1921 to 97 which was a shorter drop than was shown by any other group of commodities and was seven ponts above the total gross cash income jn in there was a further drop to 91 01 which was three points above the figure for the total it was above the index for every other department except the sale of meat animals dairying Dalr ying income soared in 1023 1923 to the highest figure reached by any important department of farm industry since 1920 and 21 points above the total income index it dropped in 1924 to but was wag still above all other figures in 1925 1025 the index was 07 three points below the figure for the total and in 1920 1026 dairying income belled its past 4 performance by registering 89 99 the lowest of all the indices in 1926 1026 all important departments of farming other than dairying showed peaks as compa compared ed with 1923 but in 1927 1027 according to preliminary estimates there was a sharp drop which was not shared by the dairying branch while the index for the total income in 1927 was down to 91 points remained at 09 99 the point reached in 1926 the average index for the eight year period for dairying income was wa points while the total gross income average has bas been points income from the sale of dairy products makes up approximately 23 per cent of the total cash income of ohio agriculture |