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THIS WEEK—IN WASHINGTON WITH CLINTON DAVIDSON Farm Prosperity The official “farm story” now being distributed from Washington could convince many city people and Congress that all farmers are rolling in unprecedented prosperity and wealth. That would be a serious mistake. There is danger that some of the more recent favorable farm news will be so over-emphasized as to obscure the still serious difficulties which farmers face. The farm news, generally, is indisputably good. Good weather and careful planning have enabled farmers to produce bumper crops this year. The total is a new record high, 10 per cent above any previous year. The average of prices, received by farmers has been rising faster than farm costs for almost two years. Beef cattle and hog prices have been especially favorable to mixed blessing; that the result is an increase in our already burdensome surplus. There is every indication that farm surpluses will continue to be a serious national problem. While per capita farm income is up, total farm income is 25 percent below 1952--$12 billion compared with $16 billion. The difference is explained by the fact that there are fewer farmers. Purchasing Power Down Although income measured in dollars is up, because of inflation farmers can buy less with 1958 income than they could with much smaller income in 1940. it is what you can buy with the dollars you have, not the number of dollars, that counts. Farmers now own an estimated $188 billion worth of real estate and other property, against which they have mortgages totaling $11 billion. That, too, is largely a result of inflation rather than increased wealth. Farm ownership is at a record high, and that is good. Two out of every three farmers are completely free of mortgage debt. The standard of living on farms, Mr. Benson emphasizes, is the highest in history. Farm people own more appliances, radios, televisions, automobiles and other conveniences than ever before. The average, however, still is well below that of city people. Washington may be guilty of being over anxious to paint too bright a farm picture. Fairness requires that emphasis be placed on complete accuracy rather than on “making the record look good.”
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