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increase over the prior year’s $4,275,000. The figure refers to gross income, before deduction of operating costs. It was high in relation to the local farm population. On a per capita bais itrepre sented a gross income of $4,012 per person. This topped the returns reported for most areas of the United States the average being $3,656 per farm resident. In the South Atlantic States it was $2,589, ‘ ThlF ln£Smd“"figiifes 'comprise the cash collections from all crop and livestock marketings as well as govern ment payments and the value of items raised and used on the farm, known as “income in kind.” Of the amount received local ly from the sale of farm products, Department of Agriculture figures indicate that ap proximately 48 percent of it came from crops and 52 per cent from livestock, poultry and dairy goods. American farmers and ranch
89.6%