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Show Careers in Agriculture "Today, tomorrow, and always . . . there's a big job ahead for you in Agriculture," if you are prepared and willing to pick up the gauntlet. All of our food, most of what we wear, and many industrial commodities come from agriculture. "Agriculture is a science, a business, a profession, an industry! Agriculture provides more jobs and careers in me cuy man on me iarm. Agriculture Ag-riculture provides more jobs and careers than any other industry." "If you coose a career in agriculture, agri-culture, it's hard to miss!" There is the challenge of your lifetime life-time and its reward in satisfaction satisfac-tion and profits. Try these figures on for size if you want to have facts. Job Breakdown Of 62 million employed Americans, Ameri-cans, 24 million work somewhere in, Agriculture 10 million on farms, six million produce and render service for farmers, and nine million process and distribute distri-bute farm products. In addition, a quarter million scientists directly di-rectly serve agriculture. The field is wide open for the person prepared pre-pared for its challenge. There are more than 500 distinct dis-tinct occupations in the eight major fields of agriculture. Recent Re-cent surveys indicate these fields would and could employ about 15,000 new college graduates each year , . . but only about 8,500 are available. Opportunity knocks and knocks on the door of the person whose career is In the service of agriculture. Here are some of the opportunities opportu-nities in the field: Agricultural research needs 1,000 a year. Agricultural industry indus-try needs 3,000 a year, mostly engineers. Agricultural business needs another 3.000, education 3,000, communications 5000, conservation con-servation 1,000. services 1,500, and farming itself 2,000. Dollars and Cents If you are interested in dollars dol-lars and cents, they may be had in these figures: Recent surveys of graduates of several agricultural agricul-tural colleges revealed that 45r' made $4,000 to SG.000! 23rr make $G,000 to $10 000, and 1rr make more than $10,000 a year. Not a bad investment return on four years in college. This may give you a few ideas. If you are interested in more details de-tails of what might be ahead for the student in agriculture, the dean of your school of agriculture, agricul-ture, your county agent, or the College of Southern Utah have them. |
