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FH1DAY. JULY 27. 19o2
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Dennis the Menace iperr Capita Income Of Farm Population Figured at SI ,373
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The Family Council
Editor's note: The family Council enlilltl of ft Juttce, a
nhvrhiatrtit. thrf rlrrrvmrn. Ihrrr editor and ft women's editor,
Each article It ft luminary of ft family dUaaretment presented to the
Council. The Council deals with problems, major and minor,
encountered by guidance rouneors and social worker, edited by
by Mri. Almft lenny. (Copyright by General Features torp.)
Washington-fllPD-The Agri-1 running the farm business in
culture Department estimates! 1362 would total around $27.5
the per capita personal in-! billion and that gross receipts
come of the farm population j would be about $40.3 billion,
from all sources in ?9B1 at a The department estifnatcd
record of $1,373. !
This compares with $1,253
in 1980 and $166 in the de
pression year of 1934.
Of the 1961 per capita in
come of the farm population,
$899 came from farm sources.
This was 65.5 per cent of the
total. Income from non-farm
sources was $474 per capita,
or 34.5 per cent of the total.
The per capita Income from
farm sources compares with
$791 In 1960 and $99 in 1934.
The per capita income from
non-farm sources compared
with $464 in 1960 and $67
in 1934.
The per capita income of
the non-farm population from
all sources last year was
$2,345. The per capita income
of the farm population in 1961
was 58.6 per cent of that of
the non-farm population.
10 Per Cent Bin
In a review of the farm
income situation, department
economists said the per capita
personal income of the farm
population from all sources
rose about 10 per cent over
1960 mostly because of the
substantial rise in farm in
come and a further decline
for the first time the income I come estimates developed by I farm population from farm-
of the farm population on a the Department of Commerce ing consists of the sum of
personal income basis. It said I in the national income ac- total net income of farm op
this will permit direct com- counts. erators on farms plus farm
parisons with the personal in-1 Personal income of the i wages, salaries, and other la-
sources consists of wages and
salaries fro mnon-farm em
ployment, non-farm and busi-
hnr Inrnmp nf hired hands n e s s professional jnconit,
living on farms minus social ; rents from non-farm sources,
security contributions. ! dividends, royalties, transfer
Personal income of the farm payments and interest in tha
population from non - farm form of bank services.
Mrs. S. F. - He's a grown
man but he gives me as much
work as a child.
Flora F. T. - She should be
sorry for him, not so im
patient and annoyed.
Mrs. S. F. - What do you do
with a husband who s just a
big child? He holds a routine
40-hour-a-weck job and then
depends upon me to think up
bright ideas to fill every
other hour of his week - the
hours, that is, when he Isn't
killing time by sleeping.
I didn't realize how depen
dent he was until our daugh
ter married and moved away.
Now I see what a load she
took off my hands, just talk
ing to her Dad, playing enrds
with him, accompanying him
on walks and to the movies.
With her gone, I'm the one he
turns to with his eternal ques
tion: "What's there to do
now?" He's like a little bny
who must be amused and
played with. Naturally when
I have reading or letters to rin,
I feel quilty, as though I'm
neglectinR him. Not ontc has
he said, "Go along. I'm busy."
He's only wait for me.
Our daughter thinks I'm loo
hard on him when I beg him
to take up a hobby or make
gome friends. But at the same
time she makes herself mighty
scarce, whereas he's dying to
talk to her and enjoy her com
pany. Flora F. T. - I know how
Dad just sits around, but that
doesn't mean he's just waiting
for Mother to entertain him.
He's just a homebody who'd
rather be In his easy chair
with his family nearby than
anywhere else on earth. My
mother needn't feel guilty go
ing about her own affairs.
But she shouldn't bawl him
out or make fun of him. She's
always telling him he's worse
than a child, and that she
thought she'd have some free
dom after raising me but that
he's Just like another young
stef to take care of. Just be
cause she's full of bright ideas
about things to do, places to
go, she shouldn't treat him as
though he's feeble-minded. He
reads a lot and he's good com
pany. It's true that nothing really
holds his attention so hard
that he objects to being Inter
rupted. He'll always slop
whatever he's doing If Mother
or I ask him to help us or join
in whatever we're doing. But
that's the way he is. Afler all
these years, Mother can't
change him. Why should she
try? He's a drar.
Tha Council: Thnrrau, the
wise philosopher, is currently
being much quoted in cele
bration of '.he 1 00th Anni
versary of his passing. So vc
turn to his poetic way of ex
plaining, pcrhnps, why Mr. F.
Is a follower type, and Mrs.
F. the self-starter. It's hecause
each of us "hears a different
drummer" In the distance and
keeps pace accordingly. i
Besides hearing her "special 1
drummer," Mrs. F. is waiting j
to hear three little words from
Mr. F., and they're not "I i
love you." She wants to hear,
of all things, "Leave me :
alone!' She awaits the day
when he'll be so engrossed in
an interesting project of his j
own (aside from sleep) that
he'll say, "Go along without i
me. I'm fine." Then she won't i
have those guilt feelings over ;
her solo pursuits.
We submit that her piotv .
lem is one of acceptance.
Okay, Mr. F. isn't an initiator. !
an imaginer. He's a tagalong, I
a me-too. Fortunately the hu-1
man race is divided into per-i
tonality types and each has its ,
purpose. For every creator, j
there's an appreciator. For
every contemplalor, there's a
doer. At least that's the idea
behind The Great Plan. And
once a man has rearhrd the
stage of life where Mr. F is,
it's folly to hope to, or try to,
push him over into a different
rack.
It's a useful, valuable rack.
Mr. F. appears to be a rest
ful, quiet, peaceful soul. May
be, as George Gobcl says
them's the best! Mrs. F.'s best
bet is to adjust to his depen
dence, to work in, out and
around it, instead of against
it. And Flora can help matters
by being less preachy and
more practicing, by showing
up at home more often to en
joy the Dad she admits is
"good company."
Once Mrs. F. realizes that
her husband may be content
"jes a-settin and a watchin
her," she won't be impatient
with him and her guilt feel
ings should abate. One final
thought, however: Isn't she
dependent upon him, too, in a
different way? How about his
arm on her shoulder, and his
comforting word?
Swimmer Given St.
HelensWelcome
St. Helens -IWD- Marathon
swimmer Spencer Campbell
of Orofino, Idaho, planned to
resume his 557-mile swim to
Astoria and the Pacific Ocean
today afler getting his warm
est greeting so far.
Campbell, a 25 - year - old
former Air Force frogman, ar
rived here Thursday night
after swimming 25 miles in
seven hours from Portland.
He was welcomed by about
500 persons and a high school
band, his largest welcoming
party since he began his swim
July 2 at Orofino.
Campbell expected to swim
20 miles from St. Helens to
Longvicw, Wash., today.
IN PROGRESS . . . SUME
in the far.fi population.
The use of a new and more
restrictive definition of the
farm population in 1960 re
sulted In a farm population
estimate of 15,635,000 as
compared with 20,541,000 un
der the old definition. The
new definition of a farm re
quires a place to have one or
more acres of land and to sell
at least $50 of products an
nually. A smaller place can
qualify by selling at least $250
of products. In the 1950s, a
place to be classed as a farm
needed only three or more
acres of land and at least $150
of products sold or produced.
Total net farm Income for
10B1 has been estimated at
$12.8 billion. The department
predicted about the same
amount would be realized in
1962. It estimated the bill for
CONSIDERING PLAN
Washington - lUPII - Union
and mnnngement negotiators
Thursday discussed a govern
ment proposed plan that might
open a way out of a strike
that has stopped work on 11
nuclear submarines at Groton,
Conn. Under the plan, the
New London Metal Trades
Council and the Electric Boat
Division of General Dynamics
Corp. agreed to consider sign
ing a three - year contract,
since bargaining deadlocked
on a two-year contract.
Fire Danger in
Northwest High
By United Press International
Soaring temperatures kept
the fire danger in the Pacific
Northwest at a high level to
day but a 6,000-acre blaze on
the Colville Indian reserva
tion in Washington was listed
as controlled.
About 150 men brought the
stubborn, lightning - set fire
under control Thursday night
afler It twice jumped fire
lines. 11 broke out early Tues
day. However, two new fires
totaling 500 and 300 acres
were burning out of control
on the reservation. A third
blaze destroyed two homes, a
barn and a rubber welding
shop before being subdued. It
also threatened a hospital
at Brewster, Wash.
Some 30 fires broke out in
national forests in Oregon and
Washington Thursday. Also in
Oregon, 13 small blazes were
reported on slate - protected
land but all were either listed
as out or controlled.
FACES WATER SHORTAGE
Miami -Uldi- Florida Secre
tary of Slate Tom Adams said
on Thursday the tri county
area around Cape Canaveral
faces a serious fresh water
shortage within the next 10
to 20 years. Adams, who said
other areas in the state face
a similar predicament, out
lined a program to avoid the
threatened shortage. He spoke
at ceremonies commemorat
ing the (f tit It birthday of the
city of Miami.
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