Bingham Bulletin | 1951-04-20 | Page 2 | 1951 Crop Plantings Called Inadequate

DISAPPOINTING FARM REPORT 1951 Crop Plantings Called Inadequate A recent report by the agriculture department indicated that farmers were not planning to plant enough crops in 1951 to maintain present levels of food supplies. The report raised the question whether the country is not taking too much for granted about our food production and the possibility of future food shortages, particularly of meat On the whole farm prices are good enough to encourage larger crops. Government crop reporters who made the department survey came up with two explanations for reduced plantings: (1) A farm labor shortage and (2) a reluctance to plow up land which,, at government govern-ment urging, had been returned to grass. The outlook carries the threat of rigid rationing by next year.