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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. 7, pp. [25]-28
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WISCONSIN CROP AND LIVESTOCK REPORTER General Trend of Farm Prices and Purchasing Power Wisconsin bers of Wisconsin Far es. A..usi. 19009-uly S 98 90 103 105 104 103 123 169 200 224 226 134 131 165 140 ISO 150 167 170 162 129 91 70 76 71 64 62 69 77 81 84 81 82 83 83 74 75 85 87 81 81 849 6 I-v 91 101 100 104 101 117 155 164 195 219 160 141 141 146 160 158 144 153 160 124 95 80 70 93 60 58 57 65 52 64 6f 69 86 98 82 78 75 74 72 72 65 4 1: 101 85 95 110 III 101 119 175 200 209 173 102 107 89 103 133 145 136 145 152 129 85 55 63 43 46 60 49 60 59 60 69 68 59 63 44 48 68 57 66 64 52 rm Prices ' 1914-100) 7 8 A a .5 5 : .s 84 100 99 100 117 90 94 102 105 108 90 89 142 151 208 197 157 216 204 254 299 218 161 215 143 178 123 116 129 127 154 129 216 126 183 142 140 169 144 177 170 154 107 97 67 71 82 90 60 50 60 59 60 569 62 59 61 59 66 69 92 122 146 122 116 122 87 122 87 122 87 122 96 122 108 122 104 122 96 122 88 122 85 122 -a It I 103 118 111 82 85 89 103 133 173 172 172 119 123 121 130 115 119 121 115 114 99 90 82 80 73 68 70 72 77 79 84 87 88 88 87 86 87 90 92 96 99 105 Purchasing Power 10 'Vi S. '.9 X l 101 89 103 103 105 96 98 116 112 107 106 866 86 92 65 94 99 102 102 102 90 73 62 64 62 57 58 60 69 69 72 70 67 66 66 69 60 66 66 62 61 .lu II 1 . 8a k04 *04 -e 9. ga 100 88 104 104 104 96 99 113 112 116 89 90 illl 93 87 98 Ill 107 90 73 65 70 70 63 62 68 76 79 72 71 72 72 64 64 71 72 68 67 1659 12 013 -E oH 13 1-- I j 154 100 103 104 124 117 1323 1143 171 168 154 147 139 130 126 1 22o 119 117 104 91 80 United States, Index Numbers of United States Farm Prices (Average of prices August. 1909-July, 1914-100) 3I 14 15 16 1 17 1 I8-1 19 20 a As : a S eM a .5 t U . d io , * *c 103 104 103 100 104 91 113 98 95 96 87 97 91 106 101 102 99 106 98 103 101 110 87 99 1oo 92 108 100 101 92 97 101 102 103 112 100 106 100 85 100 10 120 104 98 103 83 78 106 117 126 120 102 116 123 119 124 176 217 173 125 167 202 187 149 200 226 202 152 185 162 245 175 209 231 206 173 206 189 247 200 205 281 173 186 222 249 248 194 116 112 108 148 161 148 101 150 124 105 113 134 139 152 186 146 135 114 106 148 145 116 216 149 134 129 109 134 147 124 211 156 147 166 139 137 161 160 177 154 136 129 146 136 156 189 122 153 131 128 139 138 141 156 128 151 139 130 150 140 150 146 162 153 138 121 156 140 169 136 145 152 117 100 134 123 126 158 102 144 80 63 I3 94 96 98 63 124 57 44 63 70 80 71 46 107 63 62 59 69 74 80 64 109 St 34 61 68 96 59 46 102 49 34 53 62 67 57 44 101 50 36 66 59 54 60 48 100 53 47 57 59 56 66 49 101 62 62 65 63 62 68 65 102 64 63 66 65 55 74 69 103 76 94 66 71 67 103 84 107 72 81 63 72 67 120 71 112 70 78 62 76 77 101 69 116 70 68 83 78 94 86 71 116 71 74 59 78 105 81 76 116 68 73 52 76 95 83 77 116 70 75 55 73 82 92 82 117 76 78 64 77 77 101 93 119 76 78 65 79 72 108 94 120 74 77 63 76 70 105 94 120 74 78 63 76 69 105 90 121 77 81 64 76 fl lR il Purchasing Power 21 I22 0'1 S1., 106 . 93---- 100 97 99 100 102 103 96 103 94 108 118 117 114 129 104 140 106 170 77 157 84 139 90 135 89 130 95 124 89 127 87 119 91 117 91 116 81 115 65 106 53 89 58 73 50 . 49 50 ...... 52 61 62 - - - 71 . . . 64 60 . 60. 61. 60 - - ---- 64 . 63 76' 62 . 61 -- 63 Prepared by the Bureau of Agricultural Economies, UnIted States Department of Agriculture. 'Includes potatoes, tobacco, canning peas, and clover seed. 'Includes dry bealls, flax seed, hay, dry peas. sugar beets, and wool. 4Tbe ratio of the index number of prices received for Wisconsin farm products to the revised United States index number of prices paid for commoditiej farmers buy 'The ratio of thy index number of Wisconsin milk prices to the revised United Staten index number of pricey paid for commoditie tafrmers buy. 'Average of estimated values, 1912-14 = 100. 'These index numbers are based on retail pric paid by farmers for commodities used in living and production, reported quarterly for March. June, September, and December, reviFed. Indexes for other months are interpolations from the quarterly data. "Purchasing power of the farmer's dollar expressed as the ratio of the index of prices received to the revised index of prices paid for commodities farmers buy. Preliminary. poitlt ill the lWisconsins fillin price ill- d( x fti-ri 74 iv Mlay to 75 percent of re- war in Jille. The piIs'tr(lssitsg power' of the Wiscoissit farmer re- mnained sthady at 61 plrcent of ple- walr fol Jillo 15. This is 8 points be- low Julle of last year. he 'Uniteld Stastes Fairsis I'rieeN Th(e Itlited States fsillss plrice index lose mrucIh more rapidly thtan did the Wiseonsins plrice index this month. It re an I ed 77 pe rcest of the p e- war, the highest levst that it has attained since July 931.tt it advanced 3 points above last month and 13 points above the same misonthl lIst ytjr. It is 5o0w 2 points ahove the Wisconsin farm price index. The index of retail prices ptnid by farmers for the United States as a whole contintied its upward tre(nd in June to 122 whiclh is 1 point above May. However, this upturn wats offset by the nsuch issore rapid rise in the issdex of the United States farm plrices and tlse net result was it 2 point rise in pur- chasing powver for the couistry as a whole to 63 percent of pre-wvar which is 1 poitst above the same mossth t yeavr ago. Waxee of ]Ptrsis Lnsbor W i t h Wisconsin farmers paying somewisat higher wlvges to their hired hIelp on July 1 this year than on the s nssse date nt year Igo, the July 1 wage rate w:as the highest paid since October 1, 1932. Although there h ns been a gain in the wage rate as compared withl that of a year ago, the seasonal advance since April has not been as great this year as last. On July 1 the average wage rate per month with board was $18.75 and $29.00 per month withovtt board. Hired men were receiving $1.00 per day wiits board atsd $1.40 without board accord- ing to reports of Wisconsin crop cor- respondents. The wage rates oin July 1 of last year were somewhat lower, hired men receiving $17.20 15er motith with board and $26.75 without board. The average rate paid per day lItst year was 95 cents with board and $1.40 with- out board. Using the average of the wages paid during the period of 1910- 14 as the normal rate, Wisconsin farm wage rates were 70 percent of normal on July 1 compared to 64 percent of normal on July 1 last year. For the United States the general level of farm wage rates rose 2 points (luring the second quarter of 1934 to 90 percent of their pre-war average on July 1. Tlse advance, however, was only one-third of the seasonal increase usually recorded during this period. Index Numl (Average of pri 1910 - - -- - - 19171 - - -- - - 1912 - - -- - - 19193 - - -- - - 1920- --4 -- - 1 921 -- - -- - - 1922- -- - -- - 1916- -- - -- - 19218 -- - -- - 1919- -- - -- - 1920 .-- -- - - 1921 - - -- - - 1922 .-- -- -- 1923 .-- -- - - 931 9 19 2 - 1929 193 2 - 1932. Jan. --- - - Feb. Mar- Apr. May June July Aug. S9pt- Oct. - Nov. Dec. 1934 . Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr ----- May June -------- 2 - 'a 99 92 101 102 106 99 122 176 192 205 200 123 111 116 138 182 142 143 148 130 89 63 64 b5 53 63 64 63 61 71 76 73 7I 70 63 65 73 72 70 68 t7 E t los I 192 917 104 104 101 122 196 214 203 178 125 137 128 144 154 156 155 120 90 66 70 63 58 58 61 70 71 77 78 78 77 76 68 70 79 79 75 74 759 3 C 2II 101 111 111 85 93 117 125 200 216 188 211 114 100 102 118 133 114 121 130 116 96 67 56 68 44 44 44 52 66 66 98) 85 85 77 81 78 82 84 83 83 83 97 . l l . . ._ 28. AB_..b . ._S-*_-, I__
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