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nock farms climbed in the four yean since 1978 but so did the cost of producing those products — and the cost climbed higher, on a percentage basis according^ to the census report.
The county’s fanners sold $6.7 million in agricultural products in 1982 compared to $4 million, in 1978, an increase of 41 percent. The figures bode well for agricultural enterprises until the other side of the ledger is examined. According to census figures on selected farm production, expenses^ the cost of livestock and poultry purchased jumsed 96 percent, labor costs Went up 90 percent, the cost of seeds, bulbs, plants and trees went up 50 percent and energy and petroleum products increased 106 percent.
In step with nationwide
75.9%