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Show Biqqer Farm Income tMPL-l MINI I Is Boosting Sales J. tui14 s iPA i rr' 9tHTXin X V Ui-4f S INCRtAMB rjtj (COU- ' W35lnc-J Over I t-t-$L j (fwt in - r-r) JjL-tfP'ge. rTHB boT chart ihowi a iubilaatlal tucrean tn sales to farmers for I lb first ilx Qioolbi of 1935 as compared with ths first half of 1932. This stimulation of business has reiulted In an Increase In employment and payrolls In man- Industries. In the farm Implement Industry, for example, employment In the flrst 10 months of 1935 was more than IVt times as sreat. and pR-roll were mon than 3H times as great as in the, : flrst 10 months of 1932 For Industry sf a nole, It is estimated that at least 40 of the increase In factory emp-cyment from 1932 to date Is due to the Improvement of rural purchasing power. In 1932 the farm cash Income was H.32S.000.000. as compared with an estimated farm cash Income of $6,800,000,000 for 1935 |