Show t FAHM YEH ry HYS aggie BULLETIN I 1 improved purchasing Pui Put chasing gonei of failers will sustain general prosperity Pio agriculture has been fairly profitable this ne ear at and the improved purchasing po gocr of banners aill ill do much to uphold general economic well being through the winter unter the united states department of agrical ture declares declare in its october report on the agricultural situation the department part ment points out ho however eer that while conser conservative vatne judgment of the reco recovery ery of agriculture I 1 is warranted farm prosperity can be as easily casil overrated as depression it is a splendid plen did harvest harnet tile the department part ment qa says q not bumper bumpei 3 yields ld but production well adjusted to reas on amble ible needs the two great money crops cotton and wheat are now along some idea can be gained of then value alue cotton stands 01 anin to bring its producers an income 1 I of approximately 0 which is about like last year bear and wheat producers stand to receive about which I 1 is also near or slightly below belou last year near these two leading crops probably tilde inde the general crop income inco niev agri agn cultural income lull not be greatly in ece excess s of last bear ear but the point is that tius this is the second fairly profitable year 3 ear the season reason will w ill go a long way to level leel up regional conditions condition the corn belt along with the dairy dain anti and di diversified verified east have been slow I 1 0 to feel the stimulating current of re ival but now the rising auces puces pi ices of hogs bogs and cattle together with AN ith a reas 1 good corn crop mean some profit in the corn belt the slowly strengthening puce for dair products plus pill higher potatoes and mm min or cash crops crop promise somewhat bet ter income for the east the whole agricultural map thus emerges from economic shadow discussing the situation bv key kev regions the department says the east is busy with SIT silo filling potato digging fruit harvesting and fall work generally potato yields field are disappointing corn growth is excellent helped by late rains beans buckwheat and other crops in haret hanest were damaged b heavy rains in the north winter grain is mostly seeded the daiev situation is rather static but improves rather than otherwise the south is generally under the ban of dry weather drought and heat have been a real catastrophe in northern georgia and portions portion of the carolinas tile the whole hole piedmont re gion is hard hit the cotton crop is spotted but generally generall fairly good picking is ve well along and ginning ha as been heavy feed crops have hae been shortened by dr weather general conditions condition are fairly fairl good except in drought areas the corn belt has the corn con harvest hardest well along with tile crop matured safely ahead of the frost there is some chaffy corn in areas area hit by arv weather but the bulk of the crop is apparently good grain the region is busy with the late harvest ana fall work winter grain has been planted under favorable fao rable conditions the hog bog and cattle situation gen generall generald genera crall lh favor faor optimism the wheat belt has winter wheat seeding about finished local estimates of acreage of wheat vary ary but general indications are of some ome increase over oer last fall spring wheat yields are arc only fair but grain is excellent quality anil and prices are stimulating threshing is practically all finished the general result of the season ea is favorable to the region as a M hole rhe range country has the cattle and sheep movement to market well veil along stock is moving down own from tile the lugh high range to winter inter pastures there is is a heavy demand for ewes eves many ewe lambs are being held back on the range and many old ewes chipped to farm flocks for breeders bleeders bre eders some cattlemen are stocking up where resources are favorable and the whole region is improving in tone on the pacific coast the apple and grape harvests harvest are well along prunes are picked grain is mostly threshed ran fall se etling is about finished in the north though hinderer hin bin derel by dry weather the same is tille ot of winter trucks in the south cotton I 1 is being picked in the south III rice ce and citrus fruit are developing v veil ell the general sentiment is moderately optimistic 11 tile the departments index of the relative purchasing ang power of 30 10 farm far in products is placed at 93 for august compared with 91 in july the five year 1909 11 average of boing used as a base |