The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-06-07
IRMER'S INCOME. IS SMALLEST
AVERAGE IN INDUSTRIAL FIELD
lne Developments Have Given Others Direction Of Markets
Agricultural Producers Must Regain Control.

ii 1e10 the total value Of farm
prapeSfy in the United States was
1xl ,sS1 900. The total capital in
g0f;tsd In manufacturing, the next
si4ssd Industry. was S1S,428, 270, 600.
sEhR Total value of farm crops mar
skefod Ia 1909 was $6,487 600, 900. The
1sctsAl fHIue of the manufactured prod
lets IVES s20,672,052.O00.
Ygish less than half the capital the
nanufaeturers received nearly four
1 times the gross returns the farmers
eeaived
The census of 1900 shows that 81
er cent OF the farmers of the United
Itates have an income OF less than
ESQ year Only about 3 per cent
4aYe an income of $4,000 and over.
lAe remaining sc per cent have an
sIeOne from $3.50 to $4,000 with So
9er cent Of these incomes less than
I,oDo
:" The department OF agriculture is
he'd the following statement in Au-
ust, 1917: THE average income Of
8 aa farm families Of the United
tates which represents what the
,.rnaer gets for his labor, and mana
'Cterial ability, after allowing per
vsnt % his investment, was shown
he by an intensive investigation
II the department OF agriculture,
i82a TOR twelve months. This in
Vt udes the service OF his wife and
sildrAn as well as the farmer him.
PIC This also includes what he
4 ceivssd howard his living from the
M TN and therefore represents the
bin tai fneome of the family"
UFs Tenantry Increasing.
: The bsggest and most valuable Of
Dducera is becoming involved in an
ereasing burden of debt and is grad
aly losing his farm. Mortgages and
. nanfry are on the increase The
: Ensns shows that there were In the
lifed States In 1910: Farms oper-
ED hy owners, 62.1 per cent; by
rs nanta. 81 per cent: by managers. 80
cent This same census report
en5gso says that 80 per cent of the
rms II the United States were
i srt8aged In 1900 and 1873 per cent
~ 1910
WHAT i. the cause OF this? Natur-
one might suppose 1t is because
farmer has not kept pace with
ans devalopment of machinery and
hem rot producing enough.
itsln v acblnery increases Productivity.
liza rhts far from the truth. AS q
~ tier 81 fact the increased produc.
yily rs the farmer as a result Of
I Introdnction of farm machinery
sal LIN tie last so years constitutes
sactp 81 The greatest revolutions in
-e Germ in6nstry. 1t IL estimated that
chinery and steam and gasoline
TcnNger have increased the productiv.
uf the ayerage farmer 25-fold since
- Civil war, The labor cost Of
ceas sins y bushel Of wheat. for In.
ace hes decreased during this
19lp TX cents to 31s cents
- he Eacyclopedia Of American Ag-
uture lsays: "As late as 1845 the
II Bred States did not raise enough
,,NF ssk for It's bread With the ad-
of the steel plow. the self-bind-
| on harvester and the steam thresh-
machine there came a marked
- nge. me food supply increased
Z D4.3s bslshels ok wheat per person
845 "a as high as 10 bushels in
- II tie same eroch the popula-
On the farm had decreased from
All per cent in 1870 to 80 per cent
ne poplIstion in 1850 and 80 per
in 800 The farmers employing
than ore-third OF the labor Of
ElUh coun<ry provided enough to sup
theEnseIyes and the other SIS per