Vernal Express | 1978-04-06 | Page 27 | Farm Population Sags

Farm Population Sags About 85 million Americans lived on farms in 1976 the Department Department Depart Depart- ment of Agriculture reports That's less than 4 per percent cent of the population population population tion and around a million and a half fewer people on farms than in 1970 1910 Those 8 million plus farmers ranchers and nd farm workers incidentally incidentally incidentally inci inci- dentally produce enough to feed the nations nation's million population with plenty left over about 24 billion worth to export abroad