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 Tables: 



Exhibit A. Provisional definition of income support standard 154 



Exliibit B. Specific commodities: Illustration of calculations of price 

 support standards for 1950 based on parity index for March 15, 

 1949, and estimated average prices received by farmers 1940-49 155 



Exhibit C. Specific commodities: Estimated alternative support stand- 

 ards for 1950 based on paritj' index for March 15, 1949, and esti- 

 timated average prices received by farmers, 1940-49 156 



Exhibit D. Selected list of commodities showing quantity eciuivalent 

 to 1 unit (10 bushels corn) valued at income support standard 

 prices 156 



Formula for computation of National farm income support standard 



and specific farm support standard 183 



Step 1 . National farm income support standard 183 



Step 2. Specific farm commodity price support 183 



Return per hour to all labor, commercial familv-operated farms, by 

 type, 1930-47 I 320 



Total hours of labor used, commercial family-operated farms, by type, 



1930-47 321 



Exportation and domestic consumption of agricultural commodities 



(sec. 32) , fiscal year 1948 324 



Comparison of alternative support standards for 1950 based on parity 

 index for March 15, 1949 225 



Projections of price-support standards for group 1 or priority com- 

 modities under specified assumptions, 1950-53 355 



Estimated support price range for major commodities based on pro- 

 jections of title II parity prices. United States, 1950-53 356 



Projections of title II parity prices for major commodities under speci- 

 fied assumption, United States, 1950-53 357 



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