Kenneth waited until it had subsided.
"This seems surprising, at first," he said, "and proves how startling aggregate figures are.

You must remember I have covered five years in this estimate, as did Mr.Hopkins in his, and if you will figure it out you will see that the yearly average of earnings is about six hundred dollars to each farmer.

That is a good showing, for we have a wealthy district; but it is not surprising when reduced to that basis.

Mr.
Hopkins slates that the farmers of this district received three thousand, seven hundred and eighty-three dollars during the last five years for advertising signs.

Let us examine these figures.