12—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, May 6,1967
Agricultural Research Vital
To Meet Future Food Demands
Food pi eduction in the un
der developed regions of the
world will need to be increas
ed .it least 200 to 300 percent
dv the year 2000 to feed the
five billion poisons expected
to inhabit these countnes, Rus
sell E Larson, dean of the
College of Agriculture at Penn
State Univeisity. declared re
cently
Dean Larson said the pres
ent outlook is alaiming, with
food pioduction in undei de
veloped countries met easing
only 54 peicent in the last 25
v eai s
“A basic ingredient in ex
panding our capacity to meet
fntuie needs is agricultural
icsearch,” the Penn State
dean affirmed. “It is estimat
ed that approximately two
thirds of (he increased food
production will have to come
from improved jields on land
alrcad> under cultivation.”
He claimed the population
explosion calls for greatly in
creased numbeis of piofession
al agricultuiists in industries
seivmg agncultuie, in govern
ment agencies in internation
al activities, and especially in
icseaich and development
agencies
Foi agucultmal leseaichand
development alone. 26,000 new
scientists will be needed by
1977, Dean Lai son stated in
lefernng to a study made by
the state agucultural experi
ment stations and the U S De
paitment of Agriculture
Much of Ameiica’s present
capacity to produce food orig
inates trom basic research in
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pointed out. Research leading
to pioduction of hybrid corn,
for example, was done before
1920 Nearly 30 years elapsed
from discovery to widespread
use
Prices To Farmers
Well Below Year Ago
HARRISBURG—Prices farm
ers received for nearly all
items tumbled in April to the
lowest level since June of last
year, the Pennsylvania Crop
Repoitmg Service said this
week
The mid-April hog puce of
SlB a bundled pounds was
SI 30 lower than in Ma: ch and
$6 under a year ago Steers
and heifers, at $23 20, dropped
50 cents and were $2 60 below
a year ago
Broilers and roasters at 16V2
cents a pound were a half-cent
a pound lower than in March
and one cent a pound below
a year ago Eggs fell three
cents to 33 cents a 'dozen and
were the lowest since last June
Wholesale milk price at
$5.40 per hundredweight was
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Two New Conservotion
Films Now Available
Two new motion pict ur e
films which explain Pennsylva
nia’s water pollution control
program are now available for
use throughout the state for
showings by interested groups
Titled “The Silent Thief”
and “Guardians of a Tieasure,”
the two 15-min films were pro
duced for the State Health De
partment and the Sanitary Wa
ter Board by Calvin DeFrenes
Film Corporation of Philadel
phia and Kansas City Both
films are 66 mm and are in
sound and color
“The Silent Thief” traces the
history of water pollution and
pollution control measuies in
the Commonwealth, while
“Guardians of a Treasure” con
centrates on what Pennsylvania
15 cents below the previous
month but 45 cents above
April 1966.
Crop prices were all lower
with the exception of apples
Corn, oats and barley were off
a cent a bushel from the
March price while wheat and
rye dropped two cents
Apples for fresh market and
pnmauly from controlled at
mosphere storage rose 80 cents
to $4 60 a bushel This is the
highest price on record
for the BIRDS!
now for
is doing about the water pol
lution problem.
Scenes from most areas in
the state showing examples of
all types of pollution problems,
as well as much of the natural
beauty of Pennsylvania’s riv
ers and streams are included
in the films. Both films feature
the personnel of the State
Health Department and other
state agencies, plus many of
the state’s citizens who were
filmed in their daily pursuits
Dr. Thomas W. Georges, Jr,
State Secretary of Health and
chairman of the Sanitary Wa
ter Board, pointed out that the
purpose of the films is to tell
Pennsylvanians about the
state’s Clean Streams Program
and to call public attention to
what is being done and what
remains to be done by the citi
zens and the Commonwealth to
control water pollution
“These films will be of great
interest in view of Governor
Shafer’s conservation message
and the constitutional amend
ment that will be on the pri
mary ballot May 16 for a $5OO
million bond issue for water
and land reclamation,” he said
“We encourage use of these
films by any interested group,”
Dr Georges said
He pointed out that 15 copies
of each of the films,are avail :
able for use by the public and
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NON-RESIDENTS TAKE
10% OF STATE’S BUCKS
Pennsylvania continues to
grow in popularity as a hunt
ing state, and some statistics
recently compiled by the Game
Commission may give a clue as
to why. Hunters from otheE
states, particularly deer hunt
ers, are finding their trips to
the Commonwealth to be quite,
successful.
During the past deer season,
non-resident hunters took well
,over ten percent of the bucks
harvested in the Keystone
State. Of the 58,722 whitetail
bucks reported taken in Penn
sylvania by hunters, 6,182 were
tagged by non-residents. Of
this total, 1,675 were spike
bucks, while 4,507 had three or
more points
During the regular and late
archery seasons non-residents
tagged a total of 304 deer. Dur
ing .the regular gunning sea
son, non-residents took 7,320.
whitetails with rifles, 72 with
shotguns, two with bow and
arrow and five with handguns.
Non-residents were most suc
cessful m Potter County, where
they harvested 508 deer. In
Clearfield County, non-residents
took 496 whitetails, while 483
were taken by non-residents in
McKean County
may be ordered now from the
Health Dept, in Harrisburg.