Excerpt from The Farm Real Estate Situation, 1936-37, 1937-38, and 1938-39 The effect of the reduction in income during the past year on the financial position of farmers was offset to some extent by a reduction in the prices paid by farmers for commodities used in production. After remaining constant from 1935 to 1936, prices paid by farmers for such commodities increased materially in 1937. A substantial decrease in 1938 brought the level back to slightly below the 1935 average. Prices for machinery, building materials, equipment and supplies, and seed, were all higher in 1938 than in 1935, while prices for feed and fertilizer were lower. Prices for all items except ma chinery and equipment and supplies were lower in 1938 than 1n the previous year, machinery prices increasing about 4 percent while equipment and supplies were unchanged. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Farm Real Estate Situation, 1935-1936 The gains of the past year for the country as a whole amount to 4 percent, and the gain over the low point of 1933 is a little over 12 percent. This index is based upon reports from crop and real estate dealer correspondents to the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. In all but two States the average value per acre of farm real estate as of March 1936 was higher than a year ago. In a number of States the gains were very substantial, amounting, for example, in Iowa and in North Carolina to 9 percent more than a year ago; in Ohio, Indiana, and Colorado to 8 percent more; and in Illinois and Tennes see to 7 percent more. The Corn Belt States as a group reported the greatest average increase, nearly 8 percent; those in the wheat region and in the graz ing area of the West averaged 5-percent gains; the Cotton Belt averaged 3 percent; and the hay and dairy States averaged 2 percent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Farm Real Estate Situation 1939-40, 1940-41, and 1941-42 Values for the country as a whole rose about 7 percent. This is almost double the annual increases during the years following 1933, and is the most substantial rise. Reported since the World War I period. This increase brings values to a level almost 25 percent above the depression low, although they are still 9 percent below the 1912 - 14 average. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Farm Real Estate Situation, 1927-1928 Corn and Cotton Belts. But in both the declines were smaller than during 1926 - 27. A price break so drastic as occurred with cotton in 1926 brings consequences from which immediate recovery in farm real estate values is hardly to be expected. However, the generally improved cotton situation appeared to have been a hardening influence on values in some Southern States, especially in Alabama and Georgia. Equally encouraging was the fact that for the first time in many years reported values in Montana and the Dakotas showed a tendency toward comparative firmness. The available evidence begins to point to the conclusion that the mountain region has put behind it the worst phases of the depression. That doesn't mean recovery in all sections of that territory yet, however, for wreckage still remains to be cleared away. In much of this territory, also, the vagaries of the weather always constitute an uncertain factor on the income side of land. Likewise the notably encouraging tendency shown by values in the Dakotas can not yet be taken as a sign that the bottom has been fully reached. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.