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Show POWER IS SOLVING THE FARM PROBLEM The problem of farm labor shortage. Thich is said to have troubled agricul-'ure agricul-'ure in some parts of the country, will he solved by increased use of power on he farm, in the opinion of E. A. Stewart, Stew-art, division of agricultural engineer-r.g. engineer-r.g. University of Minnesota. While we have six times the popula-"ion popula-"ion in 1950 as in 1850, it is probable hat the decrease in farm workers, which began a number of years ago. ' ill continue until by 1950 no farm workers will be necessary to supply "ood for a population of 150 million :han were necessary in 1850 to supply sustenance to 25 million, according to Mr. Stewart. "Use of mechanical power in agriculture," agricul-ture," he said, "is so modern that still more than two-thirds of the world's total food supply is obtained by man power only, and less than five per cent V? mechanical power. Only a baby, ?ower farming is regarded by many 7ith the indifference that greeted the idvent of machine farming. But. vhat machine farming has done for this country in the last century will be more than duplicated by power farm- nt in the 20th century." The same change is coming over agriculture ag-riculture that has been effected in modern industry. The future trend will be toward high production with he aid of power. Successlul farming will no longer depend on a large labor 'upply. that of necessity is expensive, slow and, in comparison with power operated equipment, inefficient and wasteful. Farm power is advancing civilization md placing it on a new plane of econ-;mic econ-;mic importance. |