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Show The Modern Farmer Is Great Producer His Output Meets Needs of 15 People Modrn "know how" i enabling en-abling farmers to produce twice as "much per worker as their grandfathers grand-fathers did a generation ago. Forty years ago each farm worker produced enough crops to feed eight people. Today he produces pro-duces enough to support IS people. peo-ple. In 1912, 35 per cent of the nation's population was on farms. Today less than 15 per cent of the people live on farms. Farm economists point out that while this record Is good, it will (fsnj) This Illustration shows how the ktrm picture has changed since U12. Machinery and fertilizer make today's farmer a top producer. pro-ducer. atm hare to be Improved In the years ahead. With the population Increasing at the rate of 2Vi million mil-lion a year, Census Bureau estimates esti-mates there will be 190 million people to feed by 1975. This means an ever-increasing demand foi foods and fibers. This Increased farm output must be produced oo existing acres, for there li virtually no new land to be put into crops. The key to this increased farm output must lie in greater soil productivity, through the use oi fertilizer. The U. S. Department el Agriculture reports that 25 per tent of our total farm production is directly due to the use of fertilizers. fer-tilizers. This situation Is bound to continue in the years ahead. As crop yields per acre go up, production costs per unit go down, thus giving tb farmer a higher M taoome per aere. |