Ag Production Adequate
To 1985, Economist Says
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to 1965 wUI likely have the situation would hinge on
C *P®°s for * ® xcess possible growth of export
production but not always demand beyond unusual
enough to meet occasional levels. Either situation, he
surges of demand for ex- said, could be combined with
ports, declared Dr. George restrictions on agriculture’s
E. Brandow of The Penn- capacity to meet demands
sylyania State University due to shortages of fertilizer
during the annual meeting of and other supplies or
the American Agricultural because of severe en-
Economics Association vironmental measures,
recently at College Station, if exports should go back
Texas. Dr. Brandow said the to pre-1972 trends, Brandow
current U.S. food situation is reported, production could
a severe instance of ab- keep up with growth of the
normal export demand and total market at prices no
is being extended by serious higher in relation to other
drought. consumer prices than were
His views for a long-range usual prior to 1972. A small
outlook were based on surplus would be likely in the
projections of food usual case, the study
production and use in 1985 showed, but surges of export
for two different situations, demand such as experienced
In the first, long-established in 1966 and 1972-73 could
trends would dominate the create temporary shortages,
outlook rather than recent Expansion of farm output
exceptions such as world- would be speeded up if high
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Over 30 years in business at same place
demand and prices created a
strong incentive, he pointed
out. His figures for that
situation showed a 25 million
acre increase over the 325
million acres of harvested
cropland otherwise to be
expected. The figures also
showed slightly higher
average yields per acre
despite the lower produc
tivity of new cropland. Total
grain production would be
boosted by 12 percent and
export availability of grains
by two-thirds if high prices
prevailed.
The United States
probably would be able to
provide about as much food
aid to poor countries as at
the peak of past aid even
without the stimulus of high
prices, according to the
study. Crop prices that
remained as favorable to
farmers as in 1972-73 might
generate four times as much
food for aid, a representative
projection showed. Even
that volume of food could not
itself long sustain all the less
developed countries,
Brandow concuded, because
it would be absorbed by
three year’s population
growth in the late 1980’s if
present birthrates con
tinued.
Increased production of
food for aid could be en
couraged if the public
wanted it, he said, by long
term guarantees of
favorable returns to
producers and cheap credit
for land development. Dr.
Brandow emphasized the
need to take uncertainty into
account in forming food and
agricultural policy and
argued for flexibility
capable of dealing with
events as they unfold. He
pointed to stabilization of
market supplies as a leading
problem but warned that the
task would be more difficult
than formerly thought.
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Lebanon, Pa
Farm/Gty
Cochairmen
Announced
State Farm-City Council
Chairman, Claude Myers,
announced the appointment
of co-chairmen William
Howerter, Kempton RD2,
and Leon Kirkhoff, RD2,
Bemville as co-chairmen of
the Berks County Farm-City
Council. In making the
announcement, Myers said
the co-chairmen will coor
dinate Farm-City Week
activities in the county,
which will be observed
throughout the state
November 22-28, 1974. This
year’s Farm-City theme is
“Know Your Neighbor and
Work Together.”
One of the major ob
jectives of Farm-City Week,
Myers said, is to develop a
better understanding bet
ween our urban and rural
people. These two groups are
interdependent. They need to
have a better knowledge of
each other’s role in today’s
society. And, they have an
important role for improving
the quality of life in the
Commonwealth, Myers said.
The Chairman said that
Farm-City Week has been
observed in Pennsylvania
for over a decade. Annually,
it’s sponsored by statewide
organizations, federal and
state agencies, and local
groups. Kiwanis In
ternational promotes Farm-
City Week through the
nation. Schools, civic and
service organizations, the
business community and
individuals are urged to
participate.
ATTENTION DAIRYMEN
CUSTOM FREE STALLS
MADE TO ORDER
FEATURING:
- Free stalls any length made to order.
- 2V? m. O.D. High Carbon Steel Tubing, rust resistant.
- Designed to give cows greater comfort and save labor and bedding costs
- Designed to bolt to wood or walls or can set up independent, where wood
or walls are not available
- Stalls provided with bedding boards brackets
Check on our steel pipe gates, and steel feedlot fencing and barnyard
fencing
YOU WILL FIND MERV & MARLIN MARTIN WORKING FOR YOU
MARTIN’S MANUFACTURING CO.
DISTRIBUTOR OF CENTRAL TRACTOR PARTS CO.
R.D.3 Myerstown Phone (717) 933-4151
TAKE RT 645 - 3 MILES NORTH OF MYERSTOWN
FOLLOW DIRECTIONAL SIGNS
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Oct 5,1974
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn W.
Sterner of Hanover, York
County, have been named
the Pennsylvania State
Grange’s young married
couple of the year. They
were selected in a com
petition at the annual
Grange conference for young
married couples which was
held at Edgewater Acres
near Huntingdon.
They will serve for the
1974-75 year in Penn
sylvania, and will compete
for the national title at the
annual convention of the
National Grange in
Columbus, Ohio, in
November 1975.
Mr. and Mrs. Sterner
succeed Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Stewart of West Springfield,
Erie county, the state
Grange’s young married
couple for 1973-74.
The Stemers, who reside
at 39 Centennial Ave. in
Hanover, have been married
for eight years and have two
sons, six-vear-old Patrick
and two-year-old Jonathan.
They are members of Trinity
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For Small or Large Operation
York Couple Win
Grange Award
United Church of Christ in
Hanover where Glenn is a
deacon.
The Sterners have been
active in the Grange since
1966. Glenn is now serving as
overseer of Gideon Grange
at Hanover and of the York-
Adams County Pomona
Grange. He also has served
as master, assistant steward
and gatekeeper of Gideon
Grange, and gatekeeper and
steward of the Pomona
Grange.
His wife, Peggy Ann, is the
lecturer (program chair
man) and past gatekeeper of
the Gideon Grange.
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EVERY MONDAY
AT 11A.M.
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Stables, Inc.
Phone 717-354-4341
Lloyd H. Kreider, Auct.
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