Show farm figures disclose gain survey of returns for 1924 show good margin over previous year A survey of financial on farms mafia made public by tile the of agriculture disclosed un an average favorable margin lost year car of between cash re le and cash expenses which with increased inventories to 0 o bir might th the L average return to 1205 for the wv use of CA of cap cepl tal and the lubor labor of the farmer and ills his family these farms also arc produced an estimated average of in food and fuel consumed on them tho the figures showed allowed a considerable Improve improvement went over 1923 1023 when a tar lar survey surey covering cohering owner op crated farina disclosed an average rush cash balance of increased inventory of LW and produced produce food and fuel worth on oil capital il mountIng to tile value of land ind and buildings on tile the farina surveyed in 1021 averaging aye 3 acres was MIS place placed at 1131 the she an and value being about the lie 1020 1920 census overage grain fluctuates nail 1411 rates steady prices pill paid the farmer fanner for corn cin and oats diring d iring tho th 20 months from august 1923 0 to o last march lui fuated without relation to transportation costs according to the bureau of railway fly whereas firm prices of porn corn and oats were shown shonn to have fluctuated widely during hat aliat period freight rates were practically stationary tile tho bureau said and therefore were not responsible for such fluctuation whether upward or downward economic conditions and other factors are anre more important than freight rates in affecting the prices paid to 10 the farmer for corn and oats the bureau concluded while there were some local readjustments in freight rates practically all of which were decreased none of these the department said reflected any material change in th the e prices paid to the farmer in rel relation atlon to the general trend of prices during the period less lesa than halt half moved by rall rail figures for alve years the bureau added show allow that an average of ord only y per cent of the total corn com crop and 88 per cent of tile he total oat oata 9 moved by mil anil the balance being retained on the farms or sold for local consumption the study covered 77 points of origin for corn and 87 for oats and cited its as one example of price fluctuation and its relation to freight rates the file arl e pala paid for no 2 yellow corn fit at chardon Ch iowa the spread of 59 cents ct ants a br bushel ishel from CO cents to in 11 the prices paid there the he bureau said was almost nine times the freight rate to council bluffs iowa and more than five times the freight rate to chicago |