—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 27 f 1966
16
World Food Gap Also A Fertilizer
Gap In Most Developing Countries
In a recent presentation on than with food. Recognizing
the World Food Crisis. Agri- the Interchangeability of food
culture Secretary Freeman
said: oooaosoecxK»«K
"The great majority of the
developing countries are de
ficit in both food and fer
tilizer. These two commodities
are for all practical purposes
the same commodity. Tradi
tionally, we have talked of the
food gap in the less developed
world. I would like to em
phasize that this is also a fer
tilizer gap. A 20-million-ton
food gap is a 2-million-ton fer
tilizer gap' One pound of
plant nutrients, used m asso
ciation with water, pesticides
and fertilizer-i esponsive varie
ties, yields on the average 10
pounds of additional food
grams.
The difference between fer
tilizer and food is a one-year
time lag This year’s fertilizer
is next year’s food The cost
of filling the food-fertilizer gap
is reduced by two-thirds if it
is filled with fertilizer rather
• Reflections
5 YEARS AGO
(Continued from Page 15)
Christ Miller, County Plow
ing Champ Christ S. Miller,
who works a 125-acre geneial
farm with his father at Eliza
bethtown Rl, was top plow
man at the contest sponsored
this week by the Lancaster
Soil and Water Conservation
District (Aug 12). Miller
scored' 440 of a possible 600
points His closest competition
at 413 points was Wilmer Mc-
Donald, Lancaster R 2
Frey Boys Win Garden Spot
Beef Show A pan of bi oth
ers from Quanyville R 2 fin
ished one and two in the beef
judging at the Lancaster Stock
yards, Wednesday, Aug 16
Eleven-y ear old William Fi ey
showed a 995 pound Angus to
the grand championship in the
39th annual Garden Spot Baby
Beef Club show Brother John,
13, nudged his 842-pound An
gus to the leserve champion
ship spot
Top price lor the champion
at the sale was $5O pei hun
dredweight The reserve cham
pion bi ought $4O pei hundied
weight.
Trimble Has 4-H Pig Club
Champ A 185-pound York
shire shown by Donald Tum
ble of Quanyville Rl, won
grand championship honors at
the annual Lancaster-Lebanon
4-H Club Pig Show at the Un
ion Stockyaids, Wednesday
(Aug. 23).
Reserve champion was a 210-
pound Berkshire shown by
Larry Hart, Quanyville Rl
The Yorkshire champion
brought $lOO a pound duimg
the afternoon auction In his
first year in the pig club last
year, Trimble had the reserve
champion He has worked with
pigs for six years and has a
total of 40 head at home He
was a member of the state
champion Daily Judging Team
which triumphed recently for
Lancaster during the 4-H con
tests at Penn State Univer
sity.
A total of 240 pigs was in
cluded in this week’s exhibi
tion
County Teams Score Five
State Wins Five teams re
turned to Lancaster County
following State 4-H Days at
Penn State this week (Aug
19) with state championships.
Garden Spot teams .brought
>,4©oattfaiuedJon Page* 49)« * &
MH-30 Is A Cash Investment
Discuss These Points With Your AGWAY Man Today
STOCKED BY AGWAY LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES AT
WILLOW STREET INTERCOURSE EPHRATA MANHEIM
MT. JOY ELIZABETHTOWN
AND THE STORES OF THE GARDEN SPOT UNIT
NEW HOLLAND LANCASTER QUARRYVILLE HONEY BROOK
Agway
'»L .I
ond fertilizer makes it possi
ble for virtually every ad
vanced country to contribute
in a' major way to the Ailing
of the food-fertilizer gap.”
To obtain the maximum ben
efit from the minerals applied
and to obtain the best crop
yields the soil must be at the
It is possible to obtain a 5 for 1 return.
No other sucker control can yield this benefit.
Available in one and five gallon cans and 30 gallon drums
proper pH level, the National important minerals. It also in-
Limestone Institute adds. Ag- creases the efficiency of the
rlcultural limestone supplies N-P-K which is applied as well
the calcium and usually the as native to the soil
magnesium and some other Proper soil tests will assist
minor minerals needed to pro- profits in terms of greater
duce greater yields of more yields, the Institute said, by
highly nutritious food than if assuring farmers of proper
the soil is deficient in these fertilization and liming rates.
AGWAY INC.
1