16~Lcnxccart©f Forging, Softudcy, November 21. 1958
Farm-City Week to Combat Many
Myths Believed By City Folks
City resident?, generally are prices, consumers should re
handicapped by lack of in- member that the farmer, is
formation about farming and getting-'only 39 cents out of
food’ prices, a situation that each dollar the consumer
has created the circulation of pays. In the six years ending
many “myths” concerning in June, 1958, the national
agriculture, according to consumer price index rose
X>eon- Falk Jr., prominent nine points on all food items
Pittsburgh philanthropist and while the index of prices re
livestock breeder. He is an celved by farmers dropped
honorary chairman for-Penn- three points. Farm product
sylvania observance of Farm- prices apparently, acted as a
City Week - Nov. 20 26 - and brake on the rise in the cost
president ■ of Pennsylvania of living.
Livestock and Allied Indus- Myth No. 3 “Farm sub
tries, Inc. . , sidy programs are keeping
The purpose of- Farm-City people on farms who ought
Week isto bring, farm -and t <y be getting out of farming
city people together - to and into city Jobs.” In 1920
create- better understanding the nation’s farm population
between-farmers and -their was 31.9 million JBy 1957 it
city cousins < — industrial had dropped to 20.4 million,,
workers _ businessmen' and most of.-the decline s coming,,
other' consumers of farm pro? since -1940 or during the per-
said. iod of big farm programs,
“No matter which side, of' X oun « P*ople-especially have
the fence a citizen is s dun,- een an< * are leaving the
myths iabout'farming are a unprecedented num
menace,” he quoted from a Ders - .
recent statement by, the agri- Myth: No. 4 “Farmers _
cultural committee of the Na- have an advantage over non- stance, farm people made up
tipnal Planning Association, farm peoplebecause of gov- nearly 12 per cent of- the
“We all need to try to clear eminent aid to agriculture.” population but they got less
away 'some misconceptions. It hasn’t worked out this than 6 per cent of the nation
prejudices, and plain hog- way. Two years ago, for in- al income. With all govem
wash.” the committee declar-L, ■ , 1 ... ,
Falk said the report vivid
ly illustrates the importance
of city people understanding
the farm point of view and
vSce'versa.
He called attention to ahd
refuted four of a dozen firm
myths that city residents are
likely to believe.
Myth No. 1 “If’farmers
twere as efficient as' city
workers they
trouble.'* The answer to that;
myth cdmes’frbni the'TJ. S.
Bureau of the Censusin “its
annual report oh the labor
force dated 1957. The avejf
age farm worker .that yeir
pttt in 46.6 hours peir weelc
While the average person at
hrprif - 'ln - non-agriculture
worked-'40.5 hours per weeltT.
Taking-the output'-per man
hour in 1947 at 100; thb ag
riculture .output Ih IMS’ yvii
123.7 and In Tnahufacturing.
IOtJS. By -1958 ft' was ' 183J4
fur agriculture* and 141:8 in
manufacturing. This"'; wjb a
substantial gain in- efficiency
Of firm workers over city
worker*. - *
Myth "No. 2—“ Farm price
supports are causing' the fit
crease in the cost of living.”
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- ‘ norvfarm jwbrkers- was $n
Six, years latjer, in 1957
* annual "met -income from i
% rning -had' dropped to $|
? while _ the non-farm aver
- advanced' £o $2,082.
» Falk- said are m
, , other' ’'myths’*, s about agrl
" thro'Which .could well bs
raent aid—and Pennsylvania plained, but. Pann-City W
farmers geta very small .por- permits calling attention (
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of farm people in ~1951 was need for better -undersb
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