Show Food is Bargain County Agent Quotes Booklet Most people like bargains but many dont don't realize the bargain they are getting when they buy food in this nation observes County Agent Kay R Bendixsen I He calls attention to the f l wing old a a new brochure The Nations Nation's Stake in Agriculture pub pub- published published by the Federal Exten Exten- Extension slon sion Service of the US De- De Department De of Agriculture THINK OF YOUR latest trip to the grocery store If yours is an average family the cash rang up an amount that was about 20 per cent of your weeks week's take home p pay y That's the best bargain Americans have ever had in food Back in 9 1947 it was 26 percent Englishmen must spend about 31 percent Italians 43 percent Poles 49 percent In Inmany Inmany many developing countries its it's even more And were we're eating better now If we bought just the same kinds and amounts of food as we did In 1939 only 15 cents of today's paycheck dol lar would be going for food rather than 20 cents THE BROCHURE p ints out that one of the main real reas- reasons ons our food is such a bargain Is that US farmers are the most efficient producers inthe in inthe the world Each farm lann worker feeds 28 people today ed to 7 in 1900 One hour of farm labor now produces four times as much food and fiber as it did 40 years ago That helps keep our grocery bill low and leaves more money to o buy other things we want |