| Show U S farmer leads in efficient production washington the american farmer fanner Is the most efficient grower in the world studies by the farm management division of the department of agriculture have revealed the vital role being played by machinery in present flay clay farming while farm acreage and population have decreased substantially in the last decade production Is greater than ever in the last half century the average acreage of improved farm land per farm worker lias has increased froni from about 30 to nearly BO 50 acres acrea farm hands who in tile day of the lie grain cradle could cultivate only 30 acres are now ablerto able to handle more than half as much again at the same time the value of machinery on farms has increased nearly ten times or r from in 1870 to more than to in 1925 there Is still ample room however in the opinion of agriculture experts for improvement in the efficiency ot of the american former fanner not all farms are adapted to the extensive use of imbor saving machinery us as the cost of machinery may more mord lhnn ouia outweigh engli the added efficiency gained in the case of small farms pr or those whose lau land d Is hilly |
