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Show farm to adapt profitably to the changing economy. This change into a new era is be'.ng determined by the capitalistic cap-italistic free enterprise system. It is not being brought about by government farm programs. The brighter future for farmers is being, and will be determined determin-ed by what farmers do for themselves to adjust to the new conditions more than by anything any-thing the government can do for them. Do .not. misinterpret this, however to mean that we can. get along without farm programs pro-grams for the immediate future. Farm income, mortgages, land prices, taxes are all eared to the levels of farm commodity prices which are presently determined de-termined in part by farm programs. pro-grams. To abolish these programs pro-grams would bring disaster to every farm and rural community commun-ity in the Nation. This is especially true of our grain programs. I see no way in the immediate future for farmers to get along without sound and effective wheat and feed grain programs. This means improved program pro-gram ' programs that, on the on the other, do not inhibit ulate production and result in satisfactory farm income and and. on the other, do not inhibit the growth of markets at home and abroad or place .needless obstacles in the way of the efficient ef-ficient farm operations. levels. The increased demand for livestock products will result in big increases in feed grains and soybeans. Not only will domestic demand increase, but the biggest gains in exports are likely to be made also by feed grains and soybeans. Feed grain production is projected pro-jected at 1,500 million bushels, compared with 1, 117 last year or a gain of 33 percent. From these projections, it is obvious that the outlook for agriculture in the 1970's is optimistic. op-timistic. Moreover, there are changes taking place in agriculture agricul-ture which will enable the alert and efficient commercial FARM OFFICIAL TAKES LOOKS AT AGRICULTURE The future of American agriculture agri-culture was projected recently by Under Secretary of Agriculture Agricul-ture J. Phil Campbell, according accord-ing to a report received by Jeff H. Marshall, Chairman of the Beaver County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (ASC) Committee. In his talk Mr. Campbell said: The commercial farm of tomorrow will be much more heavily capitalized and operated operat-ed more efficiently. Although the total amount of land used for agriculture will probably be about the same as today, the average commercial farm in 1980 will be considerably larger larg-er than now. The combination of more people peo-ple in tht United States with substantially more purchasing power per capita will mean increased in-creased demand for farm products pro-ducts in general. Consumers spent about $120 billion for food and beverages last year. Our U. S. Department of Apriculture economists project pro-ject a rise in these expenditures to about $206 billion in 1980 When people in the middle or lower income brackets achieve rising income, they tend to upgrade up-grade their diets. Thus, per capita consumption of beef and veal which last year reached a new high of 114 pounds may rise to about 130 pounds by 1980. To provide for this increased per capita consumption con-sumption in a growing population popula-tion beef production would have to increase by about one-third. one-third. Per capita consumption of chicken and turkeys which totaled tot-aled around 48 pounds in 1969 may rise to about 60 pounds in 1980. This would require an increase in-crease of about 45 percent. Per capita consumption of pork seems likely to continue at about the present level, roughly 65 pounds per year. Demand for pork, therefore, can be expected to rise in line with population growth. Output Out-put of efgs may lag somewhat behind population growth, and milk production may even decline de-cline sliyhtly below current |