24—Lancaster Farming Saturday. Jan. 25, 1975 Challenge of Feeding The Next 100 Million “If the American fanner can get a fair return for his labor and investment, he will grow enough food for the next 100 million Americans, and there will be enough left over for export to the countries that can afford to by food,” Dr. Gilbert Porter told an Agway production and management meeting on Tuesday in Lancaster. Dr. Porter is in charge of Agway’s research and development operation. Dr. Porter said the population in the U.S. is expected to go from its present 200 million level to 300 million people by the year 2000. He predicted that American agriculture would ORDER YOUR SPRING FARM SEEDS NOW Cert. Pennscott Red Clover Pa. Grown Red Clover Cert. Ladino Clover Cert. Garry Oats Cert. Pennfield Oats Cert. Clintland Oats Cert. Clintford Oats Erie Spring Barley GRASSES Maine Grown Certified Seed Potatoes Cert. Iroquois Alfalfa Cert. Saranac RA Alfalfa Cert. 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And those layers which used 5.2 pounds of feed to produce a dozen eggs in 1950 now need only 4.3 pounds of feed. Our average corn ssssss HARYESTORE INFLATION FIGHTER PENN JERSEY OFFERS (717) 354-4051 yields have gone from 38 bushels per acre in 1950 to 90 bushels in 1974. “What king of progress do we need to feed the next 100 million Americans? Nothing unreasonable. We’ll have to get an average of 15,000 pounds of milk from our cows, an average of 290 eggs from our layers, who should use 3.6 pounds of feed to produce a dozen eggs, and we should get 150 bushels of com to the acre. “We’ll" have a 40-percent increase in our population by the year 2000, so we need 40- percent more food. I don’t think we’ll have any problem meeting that need, provided farmers have an adequate profit incentive.” Dr. Porter went on to tell the 200 farmers in at tendance that the relatively high standard of living in the U.S. was made possible by American farm families working in concert with the land grant colleges and agribusiness. He said the American capacity for food production represents the real power of useful knowledge in the hands of free, capable and dedicated people. And he concluded by saying, “There’s a good future in farming for those who effectively use the tools of technology and good management. We’re going to need good farmers if we’re going to feed those next 100 million Americans.” Land Use Meeting Set For Harrisburg A public citizen land use planning conference will be held for Southcentral Penn sylvania on Jan. 28-29, 1975, at the Penn Harris Motor Inn in Camp Hill. The Meeting, co-sponsored by The Penn sylvania Forestry Association and funded by a grant from the United State Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, is designed to provide the opportunity for any citizen to be heard on five subjects. The five subjects and moderators for the program are as follows: Land Use Control will be moderated by Mr. Peter S. Duncan, 111, Executive Secretary of the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee. Heading the area on the Influences of Land Use on Environmental Quality will be Mr. Donald Osterling, Deputy Secretary of the Department of En- vironmental Resources and Mr. Leonard Green, Past Preisdent of the Federation of Sportsmen and the United Telephone Company of Carlisle. Mr. James Nelson of the Deparment of En- vironmental Resources, LIQUID MANURE EQUIPMENT USED LIQUID TANK SPREADERS -Model 1500 Clay Vacuum Spreader (Like New) Forest Advisory Services, will moderate the ar?a of Private and Public land Usage. Mr. Ed Stana of the American Forest Institute will moderate the area of Land Resources for Ind sutrial Production and Energy, and the Panel will be closed out with Mr. Peter Carlussi of the Susquehanna River Basin as moderator of Flood Plain Management and Uses. The Conference, open to and for the public, will be held the evening of January 28th, starting at 8:09 P.M. and concluding the first evening at 10:00 P.M. The second part of the Conference will be held on January 29th starting at 9:00 A.M. and running until 5:00 P.M. Januaiy 29th will be devoted to giving the public the opportunity to speak on the five issues being studied in the conference. Anyone wishing to attend and speak can come and register at the Penn Harris Hotel the evening of January 28th at 7:00 P.M. No fee will be charged to those at tending. Individuals at tending will have the op- YOUR NO. 1 STOP FOR "BETTERBILT" VACUUM SPREADERS Model 800 gal., 1100 gal.; 1500 gal.; 2100 gal.; 3100 gal. 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