24—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. April 12,1969 U. S. Farmer Is Underpaid The cost of medical care went up 85 percent from 1947—9 through 1966 and rent went up 52 percent during the same period, while food increased only 35 percent This end other statistics ic lated to the cost of farming to day were released by the New Holland Division of Sperry Rand Corp. recently. An hour’s factory work says Sperry Rand, purchased only 15 pounds of round steak in 1935, but in ’66 the same amount of work earned the consumer enough to buy 2 4 pounds of the same meat. And milk, of which an hour’s Taork brought 4 6 quarts in ’35, is another staple the consumer got more of for his hour’s wages ;n ’66—9 7 quarts to be exact. So why are food bills up? The cost of processing food is one answer Another is the cost of packaging, and a third the ris ing cost of transportation Nonfood items tallied on the check-out tape are yet another icason, says the firm ‘ln other words,” Sperry Hand’s food researcher con cludes. ‘‘the cost of maiketing food has sent the groceiy bills up to a laige extent • From 1947 through 1966, the total bill for maiketing Amen ca’s food went from 522 6 bil lion to over $521 billion, oi n»re than 130 peicent increase m less than 20 yeais The f aimer, says Sperry Rand, has not been getting the benefit of higher food puces Average wholesale faim prices have in fact, been declining High food pioduction and I his SIMPLICITY tractor with Hydrostatic Drive wants to be compared Test us against any othei hydio static duve tiactoi The Sim nhcity will operate continuous ly at full tractive effoit (tilling, -Jultivating, etc ) without over heating The Simplicity staits smoothly and runs quietly in any weather and with any at tachment Gone forever aie the erky staits and whining geais 'hat plague some other units As a matter of fact, if you don’t try =otne other hydrostatic tractoi ou’ll never know how good you’ve got it with Simplicity • Ragged 12 hp Synchro-balance engine • Change speed and dncction with one lever • Optional 48-inch No-Scalp mower • Change attachments in minutes without tools • 4 Horse Powers To Pick From —6 - 7 -10 -12 Allen G. Musser Bowmansville, Pa. Phone: 445-4161 or 445-6721 over-supplied wholesale mar kets aie other factors. Here’s what the farmer has been averaging in receipts re cently, according to S-P’s re search; 2 8 cents for corn in a 30 cent box of Cornflakes; three to four cents for wheat in a 22 cent loaf of white bread; 23 HEW Purina Dairy Conditioner Special can prepare cows for good production at low cost If you’re not among the many good local ration, combining New Purina Dairy dairymen who have started mixing NEW Conditioner with your gram. Or, if you re Purina Dairy Conditioner Special with feeding low-protein roughages, may your own grain to build a research- pay you to feed Dairy Conditioner proved dry cow ration, it can pay you to “straight”—just as it comes from tM check into this low-cost way of feeding bag. dry cows. More and more successful area dairy* men are proving that good dry cowfeed* ing pays off in extra cow condition--* and extra milk production in the next lactation. For example, 100 to 200 pounds of additional body weight at freshening can pay off in 1,000 to 2,000 pounds Of extra milk during the lactation* John B. Kurtz Ph 534r9251 R. D. 3, Ephrata Wenger's Feed Mill Ph- 367-1195 Rheems cents for the cotton in a man’s $4 dress shirt. Farmers arc employers (for 3 2 million persons), consumers ($45 billion a year for goods, services, household items, cloth ing. etc.), taxpayers ,$l7 bil l.on in real estate taxes in ’66) and suppliers (world's largest exporter of food products, with moie than $6.9 million in faim products sent to world markets in 1966). Farm production is on the upswing. Farmers produce more than six times what they did in 1919-21. 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