The Purpose and Preparation of the Agricultural Outlook

Excerpts: The purpose of the Agricultural Outlook is to furnish farmers the demand, supply, and price information they need in determining their production programs. At the outset then, let us see the type of farming problem that gives rise to the need for such information. Figures included: Adjusted Value Per Head of Milk Cows and Cattle Other Than Milk Cows, 1867-1931 --- Price of 92-Score Butter at New York and Index of Payrolls, 1919-1931 --- Cotton Production in the U.S. and Foreign Countries, 1890 to Date --- Cotton Consumption and Industrial Production in the U. S., 1919-1931 --- Relation Between Prices and Supplies of American Cotton --- Trends in Industrial Activity in the United States Following the Peaks of 1893, 1907, 1920, and 1929. --- Cotton Prices per Pound, 1790-1930.