Excerpt from The Farm Outlook for 1931 Farmers are faced with unusual difficulties this spring in planning their farm operations. The whole situation has been seriously clouded by conditions arising out of the world-wide business depression, the drought, and the drastic fall in commodity prices. There is a wide spread tendency to seek new lines of production or to undertake new efforts which might seem to promise relief. The following statements, based upon the more complete outlook reports issued by this bureau are intended to give a reasonably accu rate idea of the probable conditions ahead. This brief survey indi cates the limitations in certain lines of production and the apparent possibilities in other lines. It. Must be borne in mind that the general national outlook report and this summary must be interpreted accord ing to local circumstances. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.