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Show Current U. S. Agriculture Picture twin hillio riiH n on.t f uoctir ob nietJtn ti I 1 CCt WOOUCTIO 0liCJU. IMJOtlflTt CCTTO MUX Mt9 J Pfli s::js""1"" ' Jiiil sriisr"" TB?y tfr . ,u,r" ,cwx" ",tm' jmuitr rti tmu Of Miicvuvtu icoKwKt Above map indicates the current agricultural situation throughout through-out the country as reported by the Department of Agriculture. Food production and consumer buying power are at record levels. WASHINGTON. Food production is at high record levels, buying power pow-er of consumers is the greatest ever, prices and. income to farmers average the best in a decade or more, according to a current analysis analy-sis of the bureau of agricultural economics, eco-nomics, U. S. department of agriculture. agricul-ture. This means, says the report, that producers and consumers of food are in unusually good economic position. Government figures show that the income of industrial workers has increased in-creased considerably more than the increase in food prices during the last two years. Whereas total non-agricultural non-agricultural income is about 39 per cent larger than the 1935-39 average, retail food prices average only 10 per cent higher than at that time. Monthly earnings per employed factory fac-tory worker are 40 per cent higher than in 1935-39, whereas farmers in recent months have been getting about 30 per cent higher prices for food than at that time. This means purchasing power is increased in Ihe same proportion. |