—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Oct. 16, 1976 86 Maryland champion COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Like their counterparts in horticulture judging, Maryland’s senior 4-H dairy cattle judging teams seem to have a penchant for out standing performance in national competition during even-numbered years. They did it again this year Farm population continues decline WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. farm population in 1975 declined 400,000 from 1974 to about 8.9 million people, the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported last week. The rate of farm population decline since 1970 has averaged 1.8 per cent annually, much lower than the annual rate of 4.8 per cent experienced from 1960 to 1970, according to Census and USDA’s Economic Research Service. Baking a Cake? 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MARTIN DISTRIBUTORS, INC. Sales - Installation - Service Rl, Lebanon, PA 17042 Phone 717-866-4906 at the North American Dairy Show which had its annual run during October 2-6 at Columbus, Ohio. Contest day was October 4. There were 34 state teams participating. This year’s 4-H dairy cattle judging team from Maryland squeaked past a strong Ohio team to win the national crown, thus There were 611,000 blacks living on farms in 1975; their number continues to drop sharply. The average annual rate of loss for the 1970-75 period was 8.6 per cent for blacks and 1.2 per cent for whites. Between 1970 and 1975 the number of farm children declined by one-fourth. There was an increase in thfe proportion of young adults 20 to 34 years old living on farms. There was no significant change in the proportion of farm teenagers or of older adults. . Agricultural employment among farm residents continues to drop. In 1975,52 per cent of the 4.1 million employed persons living on farms were engaged primarily in agriculture, compared to 55 per cent in 19?0. Nonagricidtural em ployment was more prevalent among farm women than farm men. The Census-Agriculture report also includes data on farm family type and size, fertility rates, and income. GRAIN BINS 820 to 144,000 bu. capacity prices start at $0 J 0 00 duplicating a similar close 1- 2 finish' on September 20 for the two state teams during the Pennsylvania All- American Dairy Show at Harrisburg, Pa. And a pair of vivacious Eastern Shore young women from Kent county led the way for the Maryland team. , Single free copies of “Farm Population of the United States: 1975,” Current Population Reports, Farm Population Series Census-ERS, P-27, No. 47, are available from Publications Services, Rm. 0054-S, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250. Please include your zip code. 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