Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 9, Number 50, DeMotte, Jasper County, 2 November 1939 — Fertilizer Boosts Farm Income [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Fertilizer Boosts Farm Income

CHICAGO.—One dollar out of every eleven received by American farmers from the sale of farm products of every kind annually represents income resulting from the use of fertilizer promoting increased crop yields. At the same time, only one dollar out of every thirty-nine received from the sale of farm products is spent for fertilizer, according to a study of farm income. “In 1938 farmers received $7,538,000,000 for all agricultural products,

including livestock,” a bulletin points out. “In the same year they paid $192,000,000 for their commercial fertilizer. Thus the increased profits resulting from the use of fertilizer w-ere $678,420,000 or more than three dollars for every dollar spent. “While the price of fertilizer is lower by comparison than practically any other commodity the farmer buys, he spends less for it annually than for wages for hired help, feed for livestock, farm implements, gasoline or taxes.”