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want trail riding, fox hunting,
steeple chasing, polo, rodeos, or
just plain pleasure riding? Are
they interested in group ac
tivities, such as 4-H horse club
programs, riding clubs, jumping
competition, or something else?
Is there a need for workhorses,
such as trained saddle or cutting
horses?
Find the need, fill it, and you
may have a bright new business
venture.
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Editor’s note: The recent
controversy over appointment of
the new U.S. Secretary of Agr
ciculture, Earl Butz, pointed up a
long-standing farm issue, namely
whether or not large-scale farm
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enterprises can or should replace
smaller family farm operations.
The issue is important locally
because Southeastern Penn
sylvania is often cited as an
example of a farm area in which
successful family farming
operations are predominant. Can
and will these family farms resist
pressures to become large-scale
units? Don Paariberg, director of
USDA Agricultural Economics,
recently concluded a speech on
“Future of the Family Farm”
before the 55th Annual Con
vention of the National Milk
Producers Federation as follows:
Now I shall be so bold as to try
to see what may lie ahead for the
dairy industry; will family farms
continue to be typical in the dairy
industry, or will large-scale units
become the dominant form?
Using the criteria I outlined at
the start of this statement, I think
the family dairy farm which is
large enough to be efficient will,
on the whole, be successful in
meeting the challenge of the
large-scale farm.
I do not think there is a large
body of unexploited knowledge
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which family dairy farmers are'
unwilling or unable to use.
I think most of the efficiencies
in milk production can be
achieved by farms of such size
that the farmer and his family
can provide the bulk of the labor
and management.
Most of the visible market
opportunities in the dairy field
are, I believe, being reasonably
well met by the dairy farmers
and their cooperatives.
The dairy operation is
repetitive in many respects, and
thus somewhat adapted to large
scale operation, I can’t think of
anything much more repetitive
than milking cows! But on the
other hand, cows are individual
and in need of individual care.
And the seasonal work pattern on
a typical dairy farm involves
much change.
With the notable exceptions of
California and parts of the South,
most of our dairy production is
found in areas that favor the
family farm over the large-scale
unit.
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