—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, March 29. 1975
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The Sixth Plate - Will We
Have Food To Fill It?
by Clair Gerberlch
Executive Assistant
lA'banon Count}
Conservation District
Today there is an in
creasing world population of
nearly 4 billion people! In
creasing world population,
perhaps a population ex
plosion would better
describe the upward trend in
population. Today there arc
some 213,000 more mouths to
feed than were fed yester
day! 213,000 more to feed
tomorrow than were fed
today! By the year 2000 there
will be approximately six 1 6 )
billion mouths to be fed m
this world.
A fifty (50) percent in
crease in population to feed'
In other words, Clair
Gerberich, Executive
Assistant, Lebanon County
Conservation District, says
there will be six plates to fill
for every four that are kept
supplied today.
The American fanner is
admirably stocking the
supermarket shelves of the
world. Political con
sideration by nations that
intercept distribution
channels .are the major
cause of starvation deaths
around the world today.
Restrictions on exports of
food stuffs, with the thought
of holding down domestic
prices will cloud the
production picture of 'the
future.
American farm land has
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been and will continue to be
the bread basket of the
world. Undeveloped nations
experienced an 0.3 percent
increase in food production
in the decade 1962-1972. In
developing countries
American agricultural
expertise has been largely
rejected. They prefer to
develop industrially and
depend on the American
farmer to fill their food
shopping carts.
Given an equitable
political and economic
climate the American far
mer will respond to world
food demands. Meeting the
demands for domestic and
export food needs will place
unprecedented demands on
the soils of the country.
To maintain the produc
tivity of the soils, to fill that
sixth plate of the future, will
require the application of
wisdom, skill, financial
resources and technology.
One of the technologies
available to farmers today is
that of soil conservation. Soil
conservation concerns itself
with using the decreasing
land resource as efficiently
as possible while protecting
the soil from erosion. The
soil conservationist, a
trained professional in the
many disciplines of the
environment, will devise
methods to produce crops
and at the same time protect
the soil from the elements.
Techniques that increase
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yields do not necessarily
prevent erosion. As fields
have been increased, so have
the tons of soil eroded from
our farm land.
Annual soil losses of 12
tons of soil per acre from
cultivated crop land are
excessive. Just because a
soil is deep and well drained
and produces a good crop
today docs not assure that
this soil can produce in
definitely. An all-out effort
on the part of everyone is
needed to conserve the soil
resources, and achieve a
favorable, political, and
economic climate. This
unified effort will assure the
capacity of the land to
produce, and the com
mitment of the farmer to
produce the food for that
sixth plate.
The Lebanon County
Conservation District will
assist all landusers in
developing conservation
plans for their land at no
charge. So that they too can
make a commitment to fill
the sixth plate of the future,
the Lebanon County Con
servation District can be
reached at 272-6621, Ex
tension 407.
Aunt Eliza bounced cheerily up
the walk, greeting her young
nephew "Good morning. Willie
Is your mother m 7” “Sure she’s
in ” frowned the lad “Do you
think I’d be working in the yard
on Saturday morning if she
wasn’t 7 ”
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Farm
Youth
Calendar
Thursday, April 3
FFA Dairy products Judging
contest at the Penn
Dairies in I .ancestor 1-3
p.m.
Friday, April 4
Pequca Valley FFA Banquet
at the Pequca Valley
High School 6:30 p.m.
Silver spurs 4-H Horse Club
meeting at the home of
Sue Baker.
Saturday, April 5
York 4-H Hort Club clean-pp
meeting at the 4-H Center
in Bair.
Thursday, April 10
Lititz - Manheun Community
4-H Club meeting at the
Fairland Elementary
School at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 12
Lancaster County 4-H
Council hoagie sale.
Feeder Pig sale for 4-H
members at the Lebanon
County Fairgrounds.
Mondy Management
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you to cancel and replace
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and driver’s license.
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