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Show !. County's Farm Income Shows ; Large Increase More than doubling their annual an-nual gross income in comparison with 1940, as reported by the U. S. Bureau of Census, Sanpete County Coun-ty farm families last year produced pro-duced crops and livestocks with the record value of more than $8,059,000.00. This huge increase in farm revenue re-venue has already created heavy demand for general farm improvements im-provements and for home remodeling, re-modeling, according to a study released by the Tile Coucil of America. With every industry anticipating greater business in the state than before the war, floor and wall tile manufacturers alone expect their sales here to triple in the next few years. "Increased sales of industrial products mean in turn a new level of prosperity for very busj nessman and worker,' said D. P. Forst, chairman of the Council's Residential Construction Committee. Com-mittee. The study shows that many farm improvements were made even during the war. Since 1940, for example, the number of farm homes reporting electric lights there has increased from 565 to 708. Heavy demand for such modernizing as installation of running water, tiling of bathrooms bath-rooms and improving kitchen layouts has already resulted, ao cording to Forst. Forst also pointed -out that farmers in the county today have 170 more tractors than in 1940; acording to the Bureau of Census, Cen-sus, and that the number of trucks on farms has likewise increased in-creased substantially. "These facts not only indicate the importance im-portance of the farm market but also make it one which no businessman busi-nessman or manufacturer can afford af-ford to overlook," he said. |