TABLE 8

FARM MACHINERY AND FARM LABOR
 PRODUCTIVITY, 1910-1960


 Inventory Value of
 Farm Implements
 and Machinery
 Index of Output Millions
 per Man-hour
 (1940=100) of
 Constant Index
 1954 (1940=
 Year Farm Total Dollars 100)

 1960 319 17,832 309
 1950 169 13,952 242
 1940 100 5,763 00oo

 1930 79 6,475 112
 1920 73 4,342 75
 1910 67 2,674 46


 Source: Raw Materials in the U.S. Economy,
1900-1966, p. 52, Table 20.


 National Income by Source

 As farm production increased, workers were freed

 (or forced by necessity) to pursue other activities.

 Income originating in industries other than agriculture

 increased substantially and gains in manufacturing were

particularly impressive as is shown in Table 9.