Rural planning and development; a study of rural conditions and problems in Canada . d theuse of a house and some farm products. At 5 per cent the use ofthe capital is v/orth $450, and unpaid farm work done by membersof the family was valued at $96, so that the pay for the farmerswork or his labour income was $609,besides the use of a house andsome farm products. He says this is considerably above the aver-age for the States, a statement which is confirmed by Professor Spillman, of the United States Department of Agriculture. Inan article* on the farmers income the latter gives $640 as th
Rural planning and development; a study of rural conditions and problems in Canada . d theuse of a house and some farm products. At 5 per cent the use ofthe capital is v/orth $450, and unpaid farm work done by membersof the family was valued at $96, so that the pay for the farmerswork or his labour income was $609,besides the use of a house andsome farm products. He says this is considerably above the aver-age for the States, a statement which is confirmed by Professor Spillman, of the United States Department of Agriculture. Inan article* on the farmers income the latter gives $640 as the aver-age income obtained in the United States after deducting total ex-penses from the total receipts. He estimates that at 5 per cent asthe rate of interest this should be distributed between interest andlabour income, as follows: Interest on _ $322 Labour income 318 Another United States authority shows that the average incomeof 2,090 farmers operating their own farms in eight States was $439. * The Farmers Income, in Selected Readings in Rural Economics. Plate IV. Photo by courtesy of Immigration Branch, Dept, of Interior DEMORESTVILLE, ONTARIO A large part of Ontario has all the appearance and features of a highly cultivated English country-side. (Page 29.)
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