The idea behind social security is a desire to keep families together and 

 to provide some financial protection for workers and their families when earnings 

 stop because of old age, death or disability. 



Two points need to be kept in mind. 



1. Families are denied substantial survivors and disability protection if 

 tax returns are not filed. 



2. Filing back returns after you reach age 65 or become disabled in most 

 cases will not make retirement and disability benefits payable. 



Ask your local Social Security office or your County Agent to send you 

 OASI-25d -- "How Does Social Security Affect Farm Families?" 



L. D. Rhoades 



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FUN WITH A PENCIL 



If ve can agree on using the following figures: 



Population in Massachusetts 5,000,000. people 



Apple production in Mass. 2,500,000. bushels 



Apple consumption per capita .5 bushels - 20 lbs, 



Apple season 40 weeks long 



Average consumption .5 lb. per week - 1 or 2 apples. 



And then use the following estimate for which there is some indication: 



pounds 



20% of the people use no apples at all 1,000,000 people use 



207. of the people use 57, of the apples 1,000,000 people use 5 



207. of the people use 107, of the apples 1,000,000 people use 10 



207, of the people use 257, of the apples 1,000,000 people use 25 



207. of the people use 607. of the apples 1,000,000 people use 60 



We can develop the following table of approximate use: 



3 pound bags pounds total 



or equivalent percent apples bushels 



1,000,000 people buy 0.0 207, 



1,000,000 people buy 1.6 207. 5 125,000 



1,000,000 people buy 3.3 207. 10 250,000 



1,000,000 people buy 8.3 207, 25 625,000 



1,000,000 people buy 20.0 207, 60 1,500,000 



