Source: Department of Agriculture. Cash receipts from farm marketings, value of farm products consumed in farm households, gross rental value of farm dwellings, and Government payments to farmers. Realized gross farm income less farm production expenses. Data prior to 1952 differ from farm proprietors' income shown in Tables E-9 and E-12 because of revisions by the Department of Agriculture not yet incorporated into the national income accounts of the Department of Commerce. Net income of farm operators including Government payments and excluding the net change in inventories, plus farm wages of resident workers and other hired workers. Including Government payments and excluding the net change in inventories. Not available. 'Preliminary. NOTE.-Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of rounding. 1 Farm population as defined by the Department of Agriculture and Department of Commerce, i. e., population living on farms, both urban and rural, regardless of occupation. 2 Total population as of July 1 including armed forces overseas. Net change for year beginning in April. For 1940 and subsequent years, includes inductions and enlistments into the armed forces, and persons returning from the armed forces. For all years, includes persons who have not moved but who are in and out of the farm population because agricultural operations have begun or have ceased on the place where they are living. Includes persons doing farm work on all farms. These data, published by the Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, differ from those on agricultural employment by the Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census (see Table E-17) because of differences in the method of approach, in concepts of employment, and in time of month for which the data are collected. For further explanation, see monthly reports on Farm Labor by the Department of Agriculture. Weighted average of all farm wage rates on a per hour basis. • Preliminary. 7 Not available. Sources: Department of Agriculture and Department of Commerce. 1 Farm output measures the annual volume of farm production available for eventual human use through sales from farms or consumption in farm households. Total excludes production of feed for horses and mules. * Includes certain items not included in separate groups shown. 3 Includes production of feed for horses and mules and crops not included in separate crop groups listed in this table. 4 Preliminary. Source: Department of Agriculture. TABLE E-61.-Indexes of prices received and prices paid by farmers, and parity ratio, 1929-56 Percentage ratio of index of prices received by farmers for all farm products to parity index. Includes wartime subsidy payments. Source: Department of Agriculture. 190 109 208 113 240 115 260 110 251 100 TABLE E-62.-Comparative balance sheet of agriculture, 1940–57 1 Includes all crops held on farms for whatever purpose and crops held off farms as security for Commodity Credit Corporation loans. The latter on January 1, 1956, totaled 1.4 billion dollars. * Estimated valuation for 1940, plus purchases minus depreciation since then. Preliminary. • Not available. NOTE:-Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of rounding. |