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Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service (Wis.); Federal-State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service (Wis.); Federal-State Crop Reporting Service (Wis.) / Wisconsin crop and livestock reporter
Vol. XIII ([covers January 1934/December 1934])
Wisconsin crop and livestock reporter. Vol. XIII, no. 2, pp. [unnumbered]-58
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WISCONSIN CROP AND LIVESTOCK REPORTER General [rend of Farm Prices and Purchasino Power Wisconsin United States, .0 I I-S- I W _ - 1910----- 99 1 9 11- - 8-- 1 1912 1 102 1913 -- 104 1914 -- IOS 1915--------101 1916 -- 122 117 -- 173 1918 --- 196 I 19191----------- 214 1920 2 203 1921 128 1922 -- 125 1923 -- 137 1924 -- 128 1925 ---- -- I 144 1926- - - II5I 1927 -- 154 1928 --- 1 56 1929- -- 155 1930- --- I128 1931 ------------ 9 0 1932 -- - -- 66 Jan. I 76 Feb. - 70 Mar. -i 70- 70 April -- - 5 6 May Cl June 60 July - 64 Aug l 65 Sept. 67 Oet 8-- Nov. - 68 9lDec. 67 1933 -- -- ... 70 Jan 63--- - 63 Feb. 58 Mar. 58 Apr. 61 May 70 Juite 71 July 77 Aug. 78 Sept --- 78 Oct - 77 Nov -- 76 Dee ------ 68 1934 C 8 Jan1. - - 99 I A Index Numbers o ,verageol prices Januar 2 3 I .r, -c 99 92 101 102 106 99 122 176 192 205 200 123 119 III 116 138 152 142 143 148 130 89 63 67 85 66 63 60 58 65 64 63 62 61 59 64 66 53 53 54 63 81 71 76 73 71 70 63 65 3 .S 101 101 111 85 93 117 125 200 218 188 211 114 100 102 118 133 114 121 130 116 95 87 66 64 64 85 85 63 80 58 52 49 46 45 44 68 44 44 44 52 86 66 98 85 86 77 81 78 82 I :z 101 85 95 110 III 101 119 175 200 209 173 102 107 99 103 133 146 136 145 152 129 85 56 59 57 62 56 61 60 64 60 58 53 48 43 43 48 50 49 60 59 60 58 58 59 53 44 48 I Wisconsin Farm Prices Y.1910-Deeomber. 1914-1001 S 98 90 103 105 104 103 123 169 200 224 226 134 131 165 140 ISO 150 167 170 162 129 91 70 85 76 74 63 62I 66 71 74 75 7C 71 64 62 69 77 81 84 81 82 83 83 74 749 6 7 8 a ! 103 84 100 901 99 109O too 94 102 104 106 108 101 90 89 117 142 161 155 208 197 184 187 216 196 204 254 219 299 218 160 161 216 141 143 178 141 123 102 146 129 127 117 1542 121 158 216 126 144 183 142 163 140 169 160 144 177 124 170 164 96 107 97 80 67 71 so 73 87 76 72 87 68 71 87 143 72 87 63 72 87 68 70 87 14 66 64 74 67 74 82 64 54 103 60 84 116 59 54 120 61 84 70 82 87 93 60 89 60 60 59 58 60 87 67 62 59 67 61 54 82 66 89 64 92 122 60 145 122 69 116 122 87 87 122 98 87 122 82 87 122 781 6 1 1221 '8 103 118 111 82 85 89 103 133 173 172 172 119 123 121 130 115 119 121 115 114 99 90 82 87 on 87 86 79 79 81 76 74 76 80 73 e8 70 72 77 79 84 87 88 88 87 86 87 Purchasing Power 10 .5 -,a E.2 a- 101 8' 103 103 105 g9 98 116 112 107 105 85 86 92 85 84 89 102 102 102 g0 73 62 68 Dt 62 59 56 56 60 61 63 656 66 65 82 57 58 60 69 69 72 70 67 66 66 59 599 I 1 M;6 1. I U : '.2a 100 88 104 104 104 98 99 113 114 112 116 89 90 Ill 93 87 98 111 107 90 73 65 74 67 66 61 58 56 58 62 67 70 72 74 70 63 12 ItI tI I9; '-- . -1 I1 I ::::: 97 100 103 104 117 124 133 143 171 168 154 147 139 130 125 122 120 119 117 104 91 _os . - - j- - _- - _ - - 68 -_-- 75 79 - 79- 72 - ---- 71 - 72 72 --- 64 --- 1149 I- =--- Index Numbers of United States Farm Prices (A....... f kier. 5A....... l11,I..I. loi10A lo 13 14 10. Zt I -i .2 102 95 99 lei 102 106 117 176 200 209 205 116 124 135 134 147 136 131 139 138 117 80 57 63 60 61 59 56 52 57 59 59 56 54 52 49 53 62 64 76 72 70 70 71 68 70V '9 S 104 96 106 92 103 120 128 217 226 231 231 112 105 114 129 168 129 128 130 121 100 63 44 82 61 61 50 49 44 42 43 41 38 34 33 -j4. 34 36 47 62 63 94 1 811 68 74 73 75 I5 I0 103 87 95 109 112 104 120 173 202 208 173 108 113 106 109 139 146 139 160 156 134 93 63 68 65 69 66 59 67 72 89 67 60 87 82 .-ii 53 58 57 65 88 66 63 nz 63 69 52 55 i I r1: 100 104 97 91 103 101 100 101 100 106 98 103 192 118 125 157 152 186 173 206 188 222 148 161 134 1"9 148 145 134 147 137 181 136 188 138 141 140 180 140 119 123 126 I4 98 70 80 85 87 79 70 76 1G 74 60 68 60 62 69 63 65 S5 75 67 84 68 102 68 118 69 121 C88g 62 57 59 54 59 56 63 62 65 55 71 67 72 87 76 77 78 94 78 105 76 95 73 82 ,__ .. I.~ .1 .. I I . 1, . ;1 - I 7. .. . a I 91 106 110 92 100 83 123 202 162 189 249 148 182 138 124 160 189 155 146 136 158 98 71 70 68 73 78 80 82 83 79 68 59 67 59 57 60 66 68 74 103 120 101 86 81 83 _ 92 92 19 113 101 87 97 85 78 119 187 248 247 248 101 188 218 211 177 122 128 162 145 102 63 46 45 47 60 46 42 37 41 61 57 51 47 43 44 48 49 85 69 84 71 69 71 76 77 82 82 116-- - I 20 99 102 161 100 165 124 149 175 200 194 1SO 146 149 150 154 153 151 153 152 144 124 107 115 114 112 III 109 108 107 107 106 105 104 103 102 101 100 101 102 103 107 12 116 116 116I 115 Purchasing Power 21 tie 1U 105 93 100 99 102 94 118 114 104 106 77 64 g0 89 95 89 87 91 91 81 65 63 as 53 54 53 81 48 53 95 56 53 52 50 49 s0 52 61 82 71 84 60 60 61 53 -r-repaea Dy toe Dureau 0l Agricultural LcOnlOili.s United otates Dcpartment of Agriculture. -Iocludes potatoes, tobacco, canning peas, aod clover seed. 'Iochlides dry beaos, flax seed, h y, dry peas, sugar beets, and wool. The ratio of the isdex oumber of prices received for Wiscousis form products to the revised United States isdex number of prices paid for commodities farmers buy. The ratio of the ildex sumber of Wisconsin milk prices to the revised Utited States ildex number of prices paid for commodities farmers boy. 'Average of eat imnated values, 1912-14 = 100. 'These index nootbers aire based on retail prices paid by farmers for commodities used in living and productiox, reported quarterly for March, June, September, and December, revised. Indexes for other months are interpolations from the quarterly data. 'Purchasing power of the farmer's dollar expressed as the ratio of the ildex of pi-ices received to the revised index of prices paid for commodities farmers buy. Preliminary. I 22 l1 I* _ . 97 100 103 103 108 117 129 140 170 157 139 135 130 124 127 119 117 116 115 108 89 .71~ ruaty I were 76 tutilliost poundls itS (tolllp)trtne to Ithe fiVe-yeiaIr atvtiirge of :11)ottt :I tiillion poutuds. Titi totall ottt-tf-stonrige mnovenini-t of butter tltt- ing IJanuary vwas 35 milliot pounds. incltlluding 15 millioit pounds of govern- meint oxvn(,d butter, and is the risctitid Janutttaly out-of-storagi- movem-nent. Ti total (d(1 storage stocks of ch est were 791 nuillion Poundtls oet l'enu-vtry I is onptirtld to 63 i illloio ttl the same sittle lst ye lln ald the five -year ve- - age oif 72 snillioti poltnds. The ont-Iof- S1 IofSg( movemetit of cheese totttled 13 million Potunds for Jtanxuany as coot- pared to th0- five--vear average of 9 million psolinds. T otal coId-sot laiK stocks of shte-I eggs wire only G2,1(011 Cases this Feltfruarty I Is compired to 75,0001 cases last year on that datl ani the fiv -yiar, Average 14'ebrtiary 1 hold- ings of 372,00)1 caS(s. St icks of frtizi ti and shill eggs, ill terms of cast eitii aleit, Nvere 1,477,000 casSes on lehru- a ry I or 27 pet certt less than the five- yeIr Iveralgi for that date. Exxg PrisHeitllnss The pr-odilnction of eggs for tht flocks of Wisioitsitn crop reporters on e'l ibt l- ary I avernged 2 per cent l(ss tper fiarm ilthri a yeiar ago. The prodtltiiot per 100 hens was down about 3 per ii ut billt the ninumber of bilds ii floeiks iiii ritisei -toiiglu to ptantly offset thi- tedutetiin in the ralte of laying. 'IThe ( gg-feetd pl ise l'Ihltiollshlip v ollt ilitll S ulllfavvo-ali)le to egg prodluction wvith 1in d(itzeti (eggs being itquivaletut ill valule Ito oillt 172 pliiunds of a stnt(lsttrd huhjIj Itl- rationi in Jaisuary as lonltlireil ti. 562 pountids ii yi-ar Ago. Ftoi tlte Ustited States liens Itlill (oit- sideta bly fewer eggs oit lFebriiar rv I tluis yi-asr than eithelr 1933 or 1932, hult more than the averaige otl that date it) tIlt 5 years, 1927-,11. Thi nxnmler of li-(is iii fart lloiclks oii l'eltlerttiry I wa (s I.5 per cent less than aI year o .a;i ti thi niltmber of eggs laid per Ieill asil 1 4 per ciiint less. 'lhe prodii c ti i of ggss ties ftarm flock reporting, whicth tiosily reflects thi rivl-ttivi- total t-glr tirolitdttimi was 17 pir cetit l(ss on 1-'ibrttiry I this year thait Itilst ibtlt 7 pit-r icttt grieati- tietan the. fivi-vyer lt'rl rtry 1 averalgi-. 'I'Tsh 1'"rsa lPrlee Situ nitlt oI T'he lattary lprice lev (fl for- ftrm plroducelts in Wisconsinl tvas (9 per cent iif pre-vilt, it 1 point ineriasi frcitn De- vmlber atid a 6 point mirgist ovet- tlti- tirice lievel a year itgo. Fairri prices of milk dttrintg Janutary weri unthanged friitu D ict-ember, the retontl's a veragi helsig IJ3 cetnts per huniudreldweight as- itiditig to preliminary reports. TI ilifornittion indic(attes thttt Jainutary ititik priHCs At cheese factories and btttter plartts were about a cetit above December, but price reductions at con- denseries and market milk platuts dur- ng the pericid atbout offsit the gain , t esther Plltnts. The irudex numbers of prices paid by fusrmers in the United States re- mainied at 116 per cent of the per-war average. With Wisconsin farm pro- fiicts prices equaling only 69 per tent of pre-war, the exehange vtalue of Wis- ctitsin fturm products in January was only 59 per cent of the pre-war ex- chaltFige riltisi. LUsited States. Firms Prlcee The January farm price level for the nation was 70 per cent of the pre-war level ini comparison with 69 per cent for Wisconsit. In December. both in- dex numbers stood at 68 per cent of pIe-war-. Thise arn the first months since in 1925, that the United Statis pl ne levil of farm products has e(itillt-d or exceeded the Wisconsin li vil. The United States price level gained 2 poitnts front December to January I5 largely as the result of upturns in fttrm prices of grain, meat animals, cotton, arud fruits and vegetables. 'lrces of datiry and poultry prodfcets declilted t ilirg the 301-day interval. , , - l - _ - l - 11 1_ , . -I- -I- vv . . . _ _ _ @ . ... 58 I------ -~~~~~~~ .- _ _- 4 _ I 18 I -I 16 17
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