Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1907 — INCREASE FARMERS’ EARNINGS. [ARTICLE]

INCREASE FARMERS’ EARNINGS.

Big Gain for Year Dae to Higher Prices of Products. According to a preliminary report on crops, published in the American Agriculturist, the American farmers’ earnings are $1,000,000,000 greater this year than last. This big gain will be entirely due to the increased prices ®f farm products, as the production in general will be fully 10 per cent less in quantity than in 1906, w’hich was the bumper year. “The farmer was never in so healthy a position as he is to-day—financially, socially, politically, mentally and spiritually,” says the report. “The increase in the value of his real estate has been prodigious. He owes less money than ever before. He has greater assets than ever. Again, the farmer’s wants are greater. He is in the market for more and bette; breeding stock, farm implements, household goods and other merchandise.”