ter Tarmbuj* Saturday. September 12, 1959—11
(Tiers' Net income Down During Fi
erS >, realized ,nes rincom^—which Is the amount of
Jtiey have to spencl after Paying their product
's— took a tumble during the first half of 1959,
°f Agriculture has disclosed,
about 12. billion. dollkrs, which is 8%" less than
jj r it half of 1958. On. ’die other hand, it was about a
Jolla* 3 more than for the first half of 1957.
receipts from-farm- volume of sales. .However,
o2S jn the first half government payments were
jvoere practically; the lower than last year because
, m the first -half of acreage -reserve payments we
1 d lower average pnc- re discontinued.
Irm products were Realized gross farm income
offset by an increase in was down about 1% from the
e d For Co-op Public Relations
jilted Out
jnbers of farmer cooperatives tend to base their loy
-o,e organization on what they think the organiza
doing f° r them rather than on what the organization
( does for them. 7
,5 was reported by a researcher from the Pennsyl
jjate University August 27 during meetings of the
Sociology Society at Cornell University.
S H Copp, rural soci- of three states. The study
,t Penn State, said was made with the financial
idusions were based aid and sanction of the co
ndy of a large market- operative
iptrative serving parts Dr Copp said results of
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first half of 1058. Realized
gross farm income includes
cash receipts, government
payments, home consumpt
ion of farm products, and the
rental value of farm dwel
lings.
Production expenses con
tinuing their upward trend
during the first six months of
1959, reaching a new high
rate of 25,88 billion dollars,
3% above the 1958 first half
rate.
Contributing to this in-
the study suggest that farm
er cooperatives can do a
more effective job of satis
fying members if the cooper
atives will help the members
evaluate their benefits and
experiences as members.
He suggested this may re
quire providing a set of
standards for members to
use in checking the personal
benefits.
Traditional membership
relations in farmer coopera
tives have been built around
three concepts— knowledge,
participation, and attitudes,
he po nted out.
“This recipe does not fit
the modern farmer coopera
tive since there are 'too
many facts and too few op
portunities for active parti
cipation in the direction of
the organization,” Dr. Copp
stated
“This is a problem for all
large orgamza ,10ns, coopera
tives and otherwise ” he add
ed
“If information specialists
in organizations do not ex
plain what the facts mean,
the rank-and-file member
will look for the explanation
from other sources,” he con-
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rst Half
crease were higher wage ra
tes, property taxes,- and in
vest charges, plus higher
prices paid for feeder livest
ock, feed, farm machinery,
and motor vehicles. Se»d ond
fertilizer were the only im
portant cost items for
average jrices declined.
Cash receipts from the fa
rm marketings during the
first half of 1959 totaled
out 13.9 billion dollars, only
slightly below the same per
iod in 1958. Prices received
by farmers averaged 3% low
er in 1959, while the volume
of marketings was up nearly
3%.
Farmers received about 9
billion dollars for livestock
and livestock products in the
first half of 1959—3% less
than in the same period of
de 1958 Receipts fromttle ca
1958. Receipts of cattle made
a substancial gain, but those
from hogs dropped sharply,
so that the total for meat
animals showed little chan
ge. Lower prices of hogs mo
re than offset larger market
ings, but higher prices for
cattle more than compensat
ed for lower volume
Receipts from poultry and
• 39 Cents Is
(Continued from page 10)
processing has gone up 44%
in the past ten years, while
farm prices were dropping
8%.
The average price _of farm
land throughout the United
Stales is now leveling off,
federal department of agri
culture officials say. For five
straight years, farm land
prices have climbed- In
March, the average was $B3
an acre—up 8% over the
previous year and 36% over
1954. But the rate of mcrease
is believed to be dropping
surety csssdi iow costs
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eggs were down because of
lower prices of eggs and chi
ckens (including broilers).
Crop receipts of 4.9 bil
lion dollars were about 5%
above the first half of 1958.
Increased marketings more
than offset slightly lower pri
ces. Movement to market of
the record 1958 wheat crop
was the main factor in main
taining cash receipts above a
year ago.
• Jack Owen
(From page 1)
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former Ruth Osborne of Dru
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Eugene, 10, and Bobby, 6.
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