Show the general level of farm age rates during the quarter ending january dropped much less than the usual seasonal downturn f from october 1 to january 1 the U I A ul tural marketing service reports at per cent of the 1910 14 average the wage rate index on the first of january was 5 points lower than three months earl earlier iee whereas it ordinarily da declines about seven points during the last quarter of the year the bureau of agricultural economics reports that the farmers far meia share of the consumers dollar spent for 68 58 foods averaged 42 cents in 1940 as compared with 41 cents in 1939 and 40 cents in 1938 the farmers share at the end of jhc thc year was 45 cent as contrasted with 42 cents at the be bining |