16-Lancwter Farming. Saturday, November 17.1973
Agriculture Major Factor
In U.S. Trade Balance
“ American farmers should while, in non-agricultural trade,
take great pride in the nation’s the deficit was being reduced
improved trade balance for the from $6.6 billion to $5.9 billion,
first nine months of this year-an These two developments shrank
improvement that was almost the overall deficit to $144 million,
entirely the result of strength in or a 97 percent improvement over
our agricultural exports,” the same nine months of 1972.
Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. U.S. agricultural exports
Butz said. during the first' nine months of
“Our trade account was pulled
from a $5 billion deficit into near
balance during this period, and
agriculture contributed more
than 85 percent to this tur
naround,” the Secretary said.
New trade data from the
Department of Commerce shows
the agricultural trade surplus
rose to $5.8 billion for the first
nine months of 1973, a $4.3 billion
increase over the $1.5 billion
agriculture trade surplus for the
same period last year. Mean-
Cranberry V.I.P.’S
Few of the many cranberry
varieties are commercially
important. Early Black and Late
Howe, two of the oldest, are the
most significant commercially
and comprise the bulk of the
Massachusetts and New Jersey
harvest. The Searles variety
predominates in Wisconsin, while
Washington and Oregon growers
favor the McFarlin. Ex
perimentation continues with the
goal of developing larger berries
and better keeping qualities,
reports the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Agricultural
Marketing Service.
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1973 reached a record of $11.9
billion, accounting for more than
20 percent of the Nation’s total
exports for the period.
Agricultural imports during the
period were $6.1 billion. The
Secretary pointed out that 35
percent of'our agricultural im
ports are products such as
bananas, coffee, tea, cocoa and
others that U. S. farmers don’t
produce and must be supplied by
foreign sources.
Sea Farming With
High-Intensity Lamps
Basic agricultural research (ARS), reported on experiments
with high-intensity discharge he and his fellow scientists are
lamps may someday enable man conducting using high-intensity
to grow vegetables in the depths discharge (HID) lamps to grow
of the oceans and in the far tomato and lettuce seedlings,
reaches of space, according to a Navy officials see ship-board
U.S. Department of Agriculture gardening not only as a way of
(USDA) agronomist. supplementing the sailor’s diets,
Speaking before a meeting of but as a means of recreation
the American Society of during long weeks at sea, ac-
Agronomy, Dr. Gerald E. cording to Dr. Carlson.
Carlson, with USDA’s To provide light of the right
Agricultural Research Service intensity and quality, .ARS
agronomists and engineers are
experimenting with HID lamps.
These lights, which include high
pressure sodium, metal halide
and white mercury lamps, could
provide the light necessary for
vigorous plant growth.
Dr. Carlson and his associates
found that growth of tomato and
lettuce seedlings increased as the
amount of light increased. In
dications are that the lamps
could be modified to produce
faster growth and more efficient
use of energy.
USDA Puts Some Biologies
Regulations in Federal Code
The U, S, Department of Ingredient* derived from
Agriculture (USDA) recently *nlm*U. All other requirement*
published its regulations for wer ® ,n the administrative
veterinary biologies quality memoranda,
control in the federal code, APHIS on June 8 proposed that
making them more readily the requirement* go into Title 9of
available to the public. the Code of Federal Regulations
Previously, control md asked for comments from
requirements on quality and Interested persons. The Animal
safety of animal vaccines and Health Institute and 18 licensees
other biological products were responded, suggesting changes in
only in memoranda published the proposal and these
administratively by USDA’s suggestion* were considered,
Animal and Plant Health In- APHIS said.
spection Service (APHIS).
APHIS then gave the memoranda
to licensed producers and to
educational and research in
stitutions’ scientists. The federal
code reaches a wider audience.
In addition, APHIS published
new procedures in the Code
which added requirements to
safeguard purity of some
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