up in government ware 14 San Mateo Times Thursday, Nov. 2A, 1 955 and. these exert 'a. depressing, effect' on farm markets. The hoard of surplus farm1 commodities which the government has taken FARM PARITY FALLS BUT SUPLUSES RISE Dogpatch' Day At Hillsdale ntlinT har.nptors from "DOEPJ other characters from under price support operations has passed the seven Million dollar mark, is 'still growing' despite Dlie Prima Cari 210 El Gambia Red, Belmont LY 3 6519 Are Serving: Buffet Lunches from 11:30 to 2:30 Mon.
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High yesterday, you would definitely have looked twice at the 'Daisy Maes," "HI Abners," and "Dogpatch" running barefooted to their classes. Reason for the "cra a azy" costumes was the junior cl ass Sadie Hawkins dress are up five per cent since 1354. Farmers 'seem reluctant to sell their land, and those farms that are sold usually snapped up at a good price. Debit: The farmer's share of every dollar that a housewife, spends' for food has shrunk from 47 cents in 1952 to 41 cents this year, and is still going down, middlemen processors, haulers, retailers and the like get the rest. Credit: The continuing rise in the U.S.
population is steadily enlarging the demand for farm products. Research and new sales techniques also are opening up new markets for farm goods. Latest Report The Agriculture Department re Some Facts Here are some other facts and figures which might added to ported Friday that a further, decline in farm earnings is in prospect for 1356. Husic the debit credit' sides of the day. stumes possibilities were virtually unlimited because farm balance sheet: Benson and his supporters note Debit: American farms are that the number of people living on farms also has decreased since mortgaged for That's seven per; cent rise in farm SAN MATEO TIMES WANT ADS BRING RESULTS 1952.
If you look at farm income mortgages since last year. Credit: Farm real estate values on a per capita basisthat is, total income divided, by the total I PARTUS DANCES 1 BANQUETS WEDDINGS 1 Personal Instructions for ACCORDION AND SPANISH 1 GUITAR I SALES and RENTALS 1 INSTRUCTOR MONTE NAVARRA BOTXe LESSONS QVitH there were only, two no shorts and no real guns. The day wound up with a Sadie Hawkins dance at the cafeteria. A feature of the girl ask boy dance, was "Manyin' Sam," who offered his services lor a dime. The next social event on the calendar is "Blue Moon." a dance in hs snonsorcd bv the Music club farm population of men, women, and children you find that it hasn't dropped so sharply after EDITORS: How bad off is the American The following dispatch, by the veteran United Press reporter who covers the Agriculture Department in Washington, gives fact and figures on both sides of the hot political battle battle over the farm, situation.
By GAYLORD GODWIN United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON UP Just how serious is the "farm situation" that the politicians are talking about? Democratic critics or the administration's farm policies say the farmer is really hurting in the pocketbook. But Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson says American agriculture is basically "in a sound financial condition." Both sides have ample arsenals of statistical ammunition. Those who picture the farm situation as pretty desperate cite the farm income figure. This is the figure that shows what the farmers in the country have left over each year, as net earnings, after deducting' their production costs from their crop ond livestock all.
LESTER'S SPECIALS on December 2. Per capita farm income, from all sources, was $949 in 1952, and $913 in 54. That's a drop of less than four per cent. The 1955 figure won't be available until the year ends, but doubtless it will be a 27 WHITE STAR FANCY SOUD PACK, LIGHT MEAT LARGE NO. V2 TIN TUNA sales.
This figure has dropped from more than 14 billion dollars in 1952 to a rate of 10 1 2 billion dollars for 1355. That's a decrease of 27 per cent. And it has come at a time when the rest of the na little lower. Politicians and economists who take a glum view of the farm situation point to the "cost price squeeze" on the farmer. What they mean is that the prices of farm produced goods have been going down fairly steadily, while the farmer's costs have held steady or gone up.
For example, a bushel of corn brought $1.51 in 1952, but only $1.14 last month. Whereas a tractor that sold for S3S0 in 1352 was at S20Z0 last month. The government has a complicated formula for measuring the prices a farmer' receives against the costs he has to pay. It's called When costs and prices are in the same balance they were in the period 1910 1914, the parity ratio is 100. It so happens that in 1952, the parity level also was exactly 100.
Sliding Downward It's been sliding' downward ever since and so far this year the average is E5 per' cent. Considering last month, alone, it was 82 per cent. Economist Don Parrlberg, an as PRESERVESIPEACHES WRIGHTS CtlR0SEDA! ITIt STRAWBERRY I Eft?" 1 DetM5ent I tt I round ff.XO IIl5 at pur 1Z2 wlth "cat" contour subsolllng Subvuling hillside pasture or cropland stops run off and era. sion, puts moisture in the ground to nourish next year's srawth. It requires contour subaoiiing following the contour of the slope so each furrow stays at exactly the same level.
Cat equipment does it faster, easier Tt wide tread and sure footed traction of your CATERPILLAR tractor and the close coupled CAT tool bar make it easy to follow a contour uphill or down. There's no trailing tool to side slip; you can turn short, even back up if you have to. Contour nubsoiling the low cost CATERPILLAR way is like putting money in the bank. Try it on your farm, at our expense. Call now NAME THE DATE, WE'LL DEMONSTRA! sistant tD Benson, says present TOMATO JUKE9S17' MATCHES APRICOTS farm price relationships are "about midway" between the postwar boom (when parity shot up to 115 per cent) and the depression of the thirties (when it sank to 58 per cent).
"Present price relationships for agriculture. be somewhere near normal for modern day periods of peacetime full employment, taking into account our heavy government stocks," Paarl berg says. In discussing farm finances, Benson often quotes the old saying that "Price times volume equals income." He's calling attention to the fact that, even if prices are down, production is high. Farmers may be getting less per bushel for their corn, but they're growing an awful lot of corn. This year's total EGGS K.F.D.
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