B—Lancaster Fanning. Saturday. June 22,1968
Freeman Reports *67
Is Milestone Year
"When 1967 Is reviewed in the
contest of agricultural history a
decade or so from now. it may
well be regarded as the year in
which the Department of Agri
culture entered fully upon a new
era." Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman says in his
Annual Report for 1967, entitled
Agriculture/2000.
Releasing the report this week
Freeman said, "American agri
culture is far better equipped to
play its full role in the national
economy than it was seven years
ago.”
Without in any way lessening
our concern for and activities to
benefit all Americans today.
Secretary Freeman said of the
report, "we are able to look
more thoughtfully toward the fu
ture. toward what we call Agri
culture/2000 ”
The report details some of the
progress made both in 1967 and
during the sixties toward the six
major missions or goals of the
U S. Department of Agriculture.
THE FIRST GOAL; INCOME
AND ABUNDANCE “Realized
net farm income was about
$l4 5 billion in 1967,” the report
states Except for the 1966 fig
ure of $l6 4 billion the 1967 re
turn was the highest since 1951
Net income realized per farm in
1967 was $4 5?6 This was 55 per
cent. or about $1,600 more than
in 1960, but well below the all
time high of $-5,049 in 1966
The new farm programs pro
vided by the Emergency Feed
Grain Act of 1961 and the Food
and Agncultuie Acts of 1961
hrough 1965, not only resulted
m improved farm income, “they
also mersed the rising trend of
the surpluses,” the report states
“The wheat carryover which
had climbed to 1 4 billion bush
els in 1961 was down to 426 mil
lion bushels on July 1, 1967
“The feed grain carryover
which had soared to 85 million
-ons was only 37 million tons on
Octobe” 1, 1967 ..
“The inventory of commodi
ties owned by the Commodity
Credit Corporation has dropped
from over 6 billion to less than
1 billion, the lowest since 1952 ”
THE SECOND GOAL: GROW
ING NATIONS-NEW MARKETS
Total agricultural exports
reached an all-time high of $6 8
billion in fiscal 1967 Sales for
dollars totaled S 5 2 billion, up 62
sercent from 1960 For the cal
endar year, exports totaled $6 4
billion, the second highest on
record and about one-third more
than in 1960
“Nations that depended chief-
Iv on food assistance are now
able to turn increasingly to
nade to meet their needs,” the
,eport points out
During 1967 some 20 de\elop
ng nations received food aid un
ler specific “self-help” agree
ments
“Starting from a decidedly
bleak outlook m 1966, the world
food situation was much improv
ed by the end of 1967,” accord
ing to the Secretary’s report
“It was not only a >ear of rec
ord agricultural pioduction for
the world, but most significant
ly a banner year for the less de
veloped countries
“The world food problem is
far from solved But the edge of
the impending crisis has been
blunted at least temporarily ”
THE THIRD GOAL: COM
MUNITIES OF TOMORROW
‘ We are seeking to restore ru
lal-urban balance in Amenca
through mci eased opportunity in
xural communities, and a good
start has been made,” Secietary
Freeman says
He cites the following achieve-
’More than $560 million in
farm ownership and farm oper
ating loans was advanced
through Farmers Home Admin
istration plus $442 million in
loans for building or improving
49,000 rural dwellings—plus al
most S2OO million to build or de
velop modern water and sewer
systems in 1.100 rural communi
ties.
•Rural Electrification Admin
istration borrowers helped set
up 616 projects to establish new
small industries, new commodi
ty facilities, and new tourist at
tractions. thus creating an esti
mated 34.000 jobs.
•Economic development proj
ects established with Extension
Service helped provide an esti
mated 52.000 new jobs.
"The Forest Service operated
47 Civilian Conservation Centers
with an enrollment of 8.400.
_*The Soil Conservation Service
provided jobs for 1,700 youths m
its special programs and regular
field" operations.
Although a good beginning has
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been made toward tbs (treat
goal of restoring r•< a' urban
balance, the Secretary urges
"faster progress toward the des
perately needed revitalisation of
rural America...
"The need for a national plan
I* obvious. Action on a truly na
tional scale Is Imperative,"
THE FOURTH GOAL: RE
SOURCES IN ACTION - De
partment conservation pro
grams, the report says, "are
giving extra emphasis to the
multi-county development of all
natural resources. They are of
fering far more services to low
Income and small farmers and
to rural communities. Outdoor
recreation, natural beauty, and
wildlife are receiving great at
tention in agriculture, forestry,
and watershed programs."
During fiscal 1967, the Soil
Conservation Service helped 1.-
170,000 land owners and opera
tors plan and apply conservation
work. The Agricultural Conser
vation Program assisted more
than a million farmers and
ranchers with cost-sharing aid.
Under the direction of the For
est Service, 10 8 billion board
feet of timber was harvested
from the National Forests, over
1 billion small trees were plant
ed on public and privately-own
ed lands, and 150 million vis
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Young Company At
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Announcement was made this
week of the change of owner
ship and management of the A.
S. Young Co, at Kinder. James
Zcgar. President of the new As
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operate under the registered
name of Kinzcr Equipment Do.
Zcgar, General manager, grad
uated from Penn Stale in 1901
m Ag Education and taught Vo-
Ag at Green Castle, Pa. He is a
Captain in the reserves after
serving In the U.S. Army, and Is
a member of St. Matthew’s Lu
thern Church.
He has worked since 1965 as
the J. I. Case Co. District Man
ager and "now lives with his wife
and 2 children at Leola.
Robert Coates, Vice President
and in charge of sales and serv
ice, .had been with the Young
Co. for a year as salesman. He
formerly operated a lumber and
sawmill business out of Down
mgtown. He served on the Twp.
Planning Commission at his for
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