22— Lancaster Farming. Saturday. November 8.1969
Aid Official Stresses Role
Of Plant Food Industry
A high olhci.il of the U S for- tion that fertilizer has made to
eign aid piogram called on the higher food pioduction in coun-
Amencan fertilizer industiy ic- tries assisted by AID. Tollcfson
cently to inci ease its investments said the Agency believes that
in de% eloping nations seeking to investment in fcitilizer plants
boost food production should be largely financed by
Beit Tollcfson. Jr., Assistant private industry To achieve that
Adminislialoi of the Agency for goal, he explained. AID has lent
Inteination.il Development for more than SlOO million to fertil-
Legislative and Public \fians. izer piojects abroad, has cover
addiessed the annual confei ence ed S4O million ol investment in
of the National Plant Food In such plants with extended risk
stitute at Miami, Fla. on the guaiantees, and has issued Sl7O
‘ impoilant ide" that puvate en million of political risk guaran
tei prise is plajing in intei nation- lees
al development But the rapid giowth of fer-
Emphasizing the key conti ibu tihzer consumption averaging
0
Plant PIONEER "New Generation" Hybrids
Medium Season
3567 3571
Ask your Pioneer Salesman
about these Outstanding Varieties
PIONEER.
/ \ ’ BRAND -
®V SEED CORN
: ■ »* - -
Full Season
3304 - 3306
3369 A
16 percent annually over the last
five years in the less developed
nations suggests that "signlfl
cant new plant construction must
be undertaken." said Tollcfson.
“Even an expansion of feitil
izer to a level of 127 million tons
by 1975." said AID’S Assistant
Administrator, "would supply
only about half the fertilizer
needed to meet a consumption
target in the less developed
counlncs of 19 million tons The
rest, some 8 million to 9 million
tons annually, will have to be
coveied by impoits at an estimat-
Iht Old imefc
wi
“Most folks are stopped in
their tracks when they reach
the end of a bluff.”
Strength, Performance, Dependability. You’ve got'em all
with VAN DALE’S NEW TRAVELING BUNK FEEDER.
Van Dale’s SCF-1400 is the traveling r
feederto put you on the track to fast- /**■■■■% ■■
er, more profitable operations. Auto- £A|ER AM
matically, it delivers up to 40 tons of j
silage per hour to bunks on a single | WFMf
chain, continuous “shuttle” service. | VVCIYUCIu
Feeder trough chain is No. 67 pm- I
tie (12,500 lb. strength) and drive j
chain is C-550 steel (average top J
strength of 10,000 lbs.). Interlocking, {
snap-together galvanized metal com- j
ponents reduce erection time as |
much as 50%. Suspended or floor- I
mounted, rails are mounted with Van j
Dale’s exclusive clip-on brackets to J
provide extra-rigid support. Unit J
adapts to any feeding need in-barn |
or out-of-doors.
cd cost of $BOO million or more
a three-fold increase over the
present AID-tlnanccd procure
ment program."
Tollcfson said AID expenditur
es for fertilizer procurement now
approximate $2OO million a year
the largest single use of AID
funds in the foreign assistance
piogram.
Under this Administration, he
added, AID is also committed to
gicater support of technical as
sistance "including efforts to
build local competence in agri
cultural icseaich and improve
agricultural extension seiviccs.”
AID is collaborating with the
Ford and Rockefellci Founda
tions in supporting intei national
secd-reseaich centers he told
the confeience. Centcis in the
Philippines, Mexico and Colum
b,a wmch have pioduccd new
varieties of high-yield seeds aie
being encouiaged to give gieater
attention to fertilizer pioblems
as well
Jn addition, several land-grant
univeisities aie engaged in AlD
financed programs to develop
fertilizer research and soil test*
ins capabilities.
•‘Distribution is another aspect
of the problem." Tollcfson re
ported. "H is AID’S policy to
promote the distribution of fer
tilizer thiough private chan
nels"
MS -
ChtßiUt
How lovely is they dwelling
place.—(Psalms 84j1).
Our immediate environ
ment is an extension of our
selves. We help create it. If
there is inharmony in the
home, office or plant, we should
do something about it. We have
the ability to bring about har
mony, if we work at it. If there
is discord we can be peace
makers. We can rebuild the
trust \ and work to come into
agreement with others.
HOLLAND STONE
a bocury you can c/Ford
Inside, outside, you'll End the rich
quarried look o£ HOLLAND
STONE adds a touch of real ele
gance to your building designs.
And yet, HOLLAND STONE is
one of the most economical build
ing materials today. Its unique
versatility in size and shape lends
a structural freedom to builders,
meeting new ideas, as well as cost
problems. Comes in a wide choice
of naturally warm, distinctive ;
colon, plus Colonial white.
new Holland
CONCRETE PRODUCTS, INC.
NEW HOLLAND PENNSYLVANIA
R. D. 1,
Drumore Center
Quarryville, Pa.
Phone 548-2116
VAN DALE
J