. Yearbook of agriculture . Fig. 1.—Twenty-eight per cent of the people of the United States gainfullyemployed are engaged in agricultnre. but they receive only about 17 percent of the total national income. The average annual per capita incomeof the people engaged in agriculture during the 10 years 1909—191S wasonly a little over half that of the people engaged in the other major indus-tries. These figures are taken from the U. S. Census of Occupations andfrom a survey of Income in the United States, prepared by Mitchell, King,MacCauley. and Knauth, and published by the National Bureau of Eco
. Yearbook of agriculture . Fig. 1.—Twenty-eight per cent of the people of the United States gainfullyemployed are engaged in agricultnre. but they receive only about 17 percent of the total national income. The average annual per capita incomeof the people engaged in agriculture during the 10 years 1909—191S wasonly a little over half that of the people engaged in the other major indus-tries. These figures are taken from the U. S. Census of Occupations andfrom a survey of Income in the United States, prepared by Mitchell, King,MacCauley. and Knauth, and published by the National Bureau of EconomicResearch. large crop brings the farmer fewer-total dollars than a smallcrop. And often a large crop sells at less than it costs thefarmer on an average to produce it. Such is the conditionthis year. The energy and the intelligence witli which thefarmer works, the number of hours he works, the cost heincurs in producing crops—none of these is considered indetermining the price. Farmer Produces on Faith. The farmer
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