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Show Farm . . Folk Folkand and andstock Stock DecreaseA Decrease A war-nine war nine warning - th that tht $ t both * ' the th * human liuman hu- hu liu- liu human - - - I man and animal anima1 anmal populations on onAmerican onAmerican , American farms continue to diminish dimInish dl- dl di- di dlminish - - minish mInishwas I was sounded by Col Ed- Ed Edward Edward Edward - - 1 ward N Wentworth of Chicago , , LivestockBureau I director of Armour's Armours ' Livestock ] Bureau 'If If ' If the United States should shouldbecome shouldbecome shouldbecome become 1 purely purdY an industrial nation nation na- na natlon - - tlon tion not enough potentiality potentialltv of ofproduction ofproduction ofproduction I production elsewherein remains elsewhere elsewherein in the world to take care of her herlood herfood herfood lood food needs Mr Wentworth . . . pointed outAlready out I l Already hog breeding has declined declined de- de dedined - - - I dined clined nearly a third under its itspeak itspeak peakand peak and sheep production hasdropped hasdropped has hasdropped dropped droppe-d droppe d - almost as much . . , " heexplained he heexplamed explained explamed The cattle population population popula tion is beginning to diminish diminishand and with food cost ratios so farout farout far farout out of line there is no questionl questionas question as to its future trend " " Mr Wentworth WenWentworth asserted It Is Ispredicted ispredicted predicted that by b 1050 1950 farmerwill fanners farmers fannerswLll * wLll will form only JO + 8 9 per cent of ofour ofour ofour our population as liS compared to toabout toabout toabout about a third of the total popu- popu - . population I lation laUon presentCalling at presentCalling present presentCalling Calling for more income forthe forthe for the farmer Mr Wentworth declared declared de- de dedared - - - dared clared There is not enough in income income come in agriculture to nourishthe nourish the rest of the population if i1 farm farmcosts farmcosts costs are . " re , not met by atJsfactory satisfactory atJsfactoryprices satisfactoryprices $ prices |