The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-27
AAA PROGRAM
BENEFITS FOR
Il'-.ANA CITED
S60,000,o00 Gain in State
Farm Receipts Is
Reported.
BY j. II. JOHNSTON

Director. Purdue University Ssvs Bureau
LAFAYETTE, IND, Feb. 27.-Just
what have the Agriculture Adjust
ment Administration crop control
prozram and other major enter
prises Of the recovery program
meant to the $4,000 farmers Of In
diana and TO the various lines Of
business represented in the state?
This question has been asked
rather frequently and is being asked
now as more than 10000 farmers
already have affixed their signatures
10 the 1885 corn-hog reduction pro-
gram under the leadership OF the
AAA.
The most outstanding single &C
complishment has been TO boost the
annual cash receipts for Indiana
farmers about $4,000. 900 a year. In
1893. Indiana farmers produced pro-
ducts worth s149, 0Oo 900, including
about $1,000 900 in rental OF benefit
payments. while in 1884 their cash
receipts had jumped TO S209,OOO,-
900. including upwards Of sl5,OOO,-
600 in rental or benefit payments
for limiting production Of wheat,
corn and hogs and tobacco.
Prices Have Advanced
This increase in receipts does not
necessarily mean that much more
income although the prices of many
Of the principal farm products pro-
duced in the HOOsier state have ad-
vanced well toward parity, or the
basis Of fair purchasing power
However, this greater amount OF
money received for the raw products
OF the man on the land which &C
tually represents so much new
wealth. has meant a greater volume
Of business all down the line.
The higher prices have meant
the sale Of more products, more
business for the wholesaler and re-
taller. more work for the vast army
in transpOrtation-in short more
work for every one as the greater
purchasing power Of the Indiana
farmer has given a new impetus to
business in practically all parts Of
the state
Hogs are bringing 7 to g cents
A pound, where a year or so ago 2
o. 3 cents was the common price.
Corn then was about 80 cents
bushel. Today it is 80 to 90. Oats
- A
cents a bushel. These boosts and
other price increases have combined
to paint a new picture for thou
sands Of farmers not only in Indi-
ana but throughout the Middle
West.
Old Bills Paid
Last autumn, in one Indiana
county. when the corn-hog reduc-
ton payment checks arrived from
Washington. money went into cir
culation in the community on
scale not observed in several years.
Merchants. professional men,
bankers and others collected ac-
counts that had gone unpaid for
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for many years, not because the
debtors did not want to pay but
simply because they did not have
the ready cash with which to pay.
All retail business felt the impetus.
Many farmers used their money
to bring the Improvements around
the farm up TO date; dressing up
both land and buildings which had
gone neglected for several years.
Sales Of fertilizer for wheat, fenc-
ing and paint jumped at once after
the first checks arrived in the
county.
Paint Sales Heavy
One hardware merchant said:
paint seems TO be what most of
them want Just now, but many are
buying fencing and a good deal Of
il; machinery parts and small re-
pairs like hinges, fasteners. nails