Show U S farmer leads in efficient production washington the american farmer Is tho the most efficient grower in the world studies by the farm mannge division of tile the department of agriculture have revealed the vital rolo role i being plumed by min ilbery in present ilay day farming while farm acreage find and population have dee decreased rea sed substantially in the last decade production Is greater than ever eer in the last helf century tho the average acreage of improved farm land per farm worker has increased from about SO 30 to nearly CO 00 acres farm hands who in the day of the gi grain aln cradle could cultivate only 30 acres are now able to handle more than half its as much again at tile the same time the value of machinery on farms has increased nearly neaily ten times or from in 1870 to more mo than in 1925 there Is still ample room however in the opinion of agriculture experts for improvement in the efficiency of the american farmer not nil all farms are adapted to the extensive use of laborsaving labor saving saying machinery as the cost of machinery may more than outweigh the added efficiency gained in the case of small farmes oi or those whose land Is hilly billy |