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Show Farm Production Falling Off 34YfRj of Total Crop Production Comparid Vitm Put Carta Phoooctioh lot l ! I l j .(3.;ty,.i:TMli I I l j i " i i i i i i i ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 i rr i rnTv" r f ' i llTj rfr i m n R" - j I ijpi!yrii j l ii w M f i l.l..L , rT-1 j I'npulailon is -aimnn on crop prodin ! l.,n. a, (online lo a sludj made over a j orlud of Ihlrty four years by the S.-ars l,',,ebuck Aericuli ui al l-'oiimlat ion lniei on I'.kiir.-s of Ihe I'nltod States I e.sr!iuont of Airrlcnliurt.. The n.--loinpany Ink' chart sl ows crop pr.-dm-ilin per capita Is falling. TaklnL- the iiv.-raec of lulu as loo. (oial crop pnnliiction In Hie last three y.-ars iiieniged liKl.'l. liwlng t" ihe er,,nt ,,r po,nl;ii n,n, per capila proluc lion has been only '.cj a when Ion represents Ihe i;iil l:H4 average. The ( hart almws Index numbers of both lotnl ami per capita production of crops fn in 1VI to HOI. The production record Is bax-d on the total yield of 10 crops Corn, wheat, oats, barley, re. buckw hi nt, poiatocs. liny, I. .ha, -co and cotton, which Include more than bo per cent of ihe total ncieakc o all crops Since yields are cxprcs-cd in various mils, bnshtls. bales. Ions and poiimK the crops aie combined by applying a constant average price to the yearly production pro-duction of each crop. |