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Show FARM FACTS Insect Control Pays Ol'f Control of insects in potato . crops has increased U.S. production pro-duction by line-third. I'lirni Decline Seen By l(!l.r. the U.S. will have some 70(1.(10(1 fewer farms than it does now, according to the U.S. Department oT Agriculture. The Miracle Workers Before 1930. it took more than half an hour of labor lo product a bushel of corn. In the last few years, U.S. farmers farm-ers have produced a bushel of corn with less than three minutes' labor. No Shoe-String Operation It now takes a capital investment in-vestment of about $250,000 to start a typical full-time owner-operated farm, reports re-ports the Farm Credit Ad- -ministration. It's A Narrow Margin ' Selling prices of farm products prod-ucts averaged 35 percent higher in 1973 than in 1972, but farm production ex-, pen sos zoomed upward by nearly one-third. Those Amber Waves Nearly 50 million acres of . wheat are harvested in the United States each year, and almost every state grows some wheat. Because of the widely diverse climate and soils across the country, more than 200 different varieties are grown. U.S. Might: Farm Power The United States is one of the world's few areas of highly productive agriculture. agricul-ture. With only 7 percent of the world's land area, it pro- . duces three-fourths of the world's soybeans, half of its corn, and more than a fourth of its beef. pork, and milk. Not Brag, Just Facts? Texas currently leads the ". nation in annual production of rice, onion, cotton, grain sorghum, sheep, goats, beef cattle, and wool. It also harvests har-vests substantial amounts of peanuts, vegetables, citrus fruits, honey, cereal grains, soybeans, turkeys, and dairy products. |
