Show i I tu ure Paces Faces C Big g Task in In 1 ct 5 gr ta l' ees s' s a a nd u task in fn the next ext years years t US S. S population pop lation is now growing at t the to rate ot of 21 million mUlton a year and will reach 19 I million by by 1973 1975 If It the tha nation continues con con- tines to consume f food od and fiber af at atthe the current rate the pation nation wu wll I need the equivalence fin an additional na I 11 million acres of cropland ro l nd as assuming assuming suming yields per tier Der acre continue al at I about 1950 9 le levels lel l un I How flow is this to te be accomplished ed edI Ex Experts etts ray the nation can lan expect to have 15 U acres of land for I food production by 1973 1913 that Is now producing feed for mules mutes and andI horses horses' In addition another lr 3 33 million mil million I lion Uon acres will be added by irrigation tion drainage clearing and floco control The deficit will have to be made mad up by better use of the land we wt now have This caUs calls for greater effi eUi efficiency clency In production on farms arms and end improved distribution utilization and marketing after the products farm arm |