Show The County Agents Report County News by Lloyd Smith and Norris FA n M MA V T A detailed study of the Better Farming program has just been i A detailed study was male of families in this Records have been kept on most of the farms lent information of These families an average gross income of in the beginning of the The gross income averaged at the end of the or I Currently for those still on the Better Fanning This makes a gross income increase of per When calculated on a net income these same families averaged at the beginning of the program and at the I of the or currently This is a difference of per or an increase of During this same period the average net farm income for farmers in the United States and Utah has decreased some FARM CREDIT The Farm Credit system for the United States at December 1959 had 4 4 billion dollars of loans outstanding to farmers land farmer cooperatives This was a new all-time high and an increase of million dollars over a year Each of the lending groups also reported record highs in the amount I of loans outstanding at the end of The average net worth of T tah county cooperators is and most of these lies are in debt from 10 to 20 thousand Record keeping and farm resources analysis lias not the work of Extension more but the I result provides information val- I in developing the future Better Fanning The results point out j Farming helps families do five I things L luce costs Increase profits and family satisfaction Save labor Analyze alternatives for hotter Increased income per unit of Information from these co-operators show some beneficial changes in financial j returns and improved They kept better their planning was improved and they made significant contributions to themselves and to the over-all Extension Service activities though we have been tampered by drought years ano uncertain irrigation waters are happy to report the increase of net income for co-I operating |