much would cost *2.67 per lb. Auto workers 185% Cons ruction workers P _ RublL workers Trans jortation workers up 143% Railroad workers P■. wages the companson around, it wages had goi np a 23 hofettrf of today’s $3.65. This would ««d food buy for Americans. , *kc best hope T£&** w i in trouble Stot S.B •S- dol '“ j doU«” has we M»* -sound ■»* t ottem ,s ® tti es ««® lays, th® bB L„ other cou»® 4efic it ®°2« to s6U. andvnft ve been $6 .g in «"» de6 oit. » b ® 01 $ ot *** ST*® U S '£3?-"«*«-? uationWne® ® get woo® out 0 £ oil. sToTig;r-j:rs Vs ■ s* '.S ricul^' s »e P tbe doU so billion P®J to “"S?i-'SR W* •»» "TuVv lost o isto t i r°„ybeunprodu® a P®" ,« for W# pt ° anywhere- ' S ® e not-.. ITV "‘"“Sve ugriooW'Pf fere's ® 204 " ss^-^rs?® Farm bealthV, 311 d abroad •^sw— — TJR FARMING and y™ T Harvegt ore, New HoUand FORE DEALER : Penn-Jersey w od America’s Best Buy Look what he***®* 1 * in other countries ViigVi in the lf vou think „”ing in other countries “ y. j abates try shoppmg agricultural Umt l Wh “- iarioT foreign costers to 50% 88 pet pound m !?for the equivalent Bte ak waS sold tor w_ to Rome. »ou» in London and s2. were $2.«» * To 57 in Pans, beef roa* where Beef to “ 90. Because of r^afsasTr to- « 12 ' s!■« to ®?«9itoiap®.' ~ „ te per pound in “Broilers that V ce pts in Denmark, Trngt improving higher 3. Foreign workers united States and a s* «ss£ ° f dispo iv b 2? sst* This page is devoted to reprint of articles from How Farmers Make F oo America's Best Buy. The booklet can be obtained free by writing Penn-Jersey Harvestore Systems, Iru:., P.O. Box 91, New Holland, Pa. 17557, or Phone (717) 354- 5171. Lancaster FarminftSaturday, August 25,1973-53 Farms and the food industry provide I out of 5 Jobs Food is the nation’s largest business. Add up all of the workers on the farm, in processing, transportation, retailing and restaurant food service and you’ll find one out of every five workers in the U.S. Farming itself employs 4,3 million workers. That’s as many as the combined employment in transportation, steel and automobiles. Two million' people have jobs in providing supplies farmers use in production. For ex ample, it takes 120,000 workers to produce farm equipment. The steel used in cars, trucks, tractors and other equipment requires 40,000 workers. Five percent of the produc tion by the nation’s rubber workers goes to farm markets. There are another 8 to 10 million people employed in all of the links in the food marketing chain. This includes those in the canneries, meat packing plants and those who make the packages for convenience foods. There are truckers and railroad workers all the way from farm to market. Count the number of people working your local supermarket next time you shop you’ll find an example of another large group of job holders. The total payroll in marketing runs $3B billion per year. An agricultural industry that receives fair prices is a big buyer of all kinds of products. And that means more and better paying jobs for workers in urban factories and service industries.
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