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By GILBERT GVSLER
T HE goose won't hang quite as high for
farmers in 1954 as in 1953, but it will
still seem like pretty good times to anyone
whose memory goes back 10 or more years.
Farmers will have a little less produce
to take to market, or put in the govern
ment's storehouse, than in 1953. Consumers
won't be quite so well-heeled. Farm prices
will average slightly lower. Fewer sales
dollars will go into the farm till but produc
tion expanse will be a trifle smaller. The
farm family will have a little less left to
live on or put in the sock. That seems to be
the 1954 prospect in a nutshell.
MONTANA
AND .NORTHERN WYOMING* 5
The year starts with price tags on farm
products averaging about 6 per cent lower
than a year ago and 3 per cent below the
general level in 1953. Farmers are getting 5
to 7 per cent less at the pay window than a
year ago, but their expenses are down only
about 2 per cent. *
three years ago occurred in spite of a rising
trend in consumers' income and ability to
buy. Nevertheless prospects for general
economic activity and employment probably
The decline of nearly 20 per cent in farm
prices from the all-time high reached nearly
are the most important factor in the farm
outlook for 1954,
In recent years, 26 to 28 per cent of dis
posable personal income—now at a yearly
rate of about $250 billions—has been spent
f° r food. Another portion went for wool,
cotton and leather goods which come from
farm raw materials. So, farmers have a big
stake in the level of that income. It prob
ably is 10 to 15 times as important to farm
ers as the export market. (See chart, page 4.)
For several months, economic activity
has been in a slow decline. This trend is
likely to continue (Please turn to page 4)