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Sister More is a full professor of history at Silver Lake College in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The National Grange dedicated its annual Rural America Luncheon to women, in celebration of National Women in Agriculture Week, Nov. 11-17. EQUIPMENT INC. Colsolidating farm operations is an easy way to drive down cost per-acre and improve individual productivity of Maryland farms. Dr. John W. Wysong says. “Productivity per worker in creases substantially when farms consolidate,” Wysong says. “In creasing the acreage of an operation drives down the costs of labor-per-acre.” Wysong says labor efficiency is merely a matter of the smallest number of laborers working the largest amount of land. An owner may do this by buying or renting more land than he currently farms, or by merging his land into the farm operation of another owner. For many producers, the idea that some farms may not be large enough to be profitable is an un popular one. “We’re not necessarily talking about combining land under one owner. It’s just that some farmers may be better off adding off-farm SSLIM/1 2,200 P.S.I. Cold Water G.P.M. H.P.220V ‘base 2,500 P.S.I. Cold Water 4G.P.M. 8.5 H.P. Wisconsin Robin Gasoline Engine Lancaster Faming, Saturday, November 24,1964-A3l Del. formulate policy GEORGETOWN, Del-Resolu tions to shape Delaware State Grange policy for 1965 will be the focus of the 110th annual State Grange Session, Dec. 4 and 5, in Midland Grange Hall, Georgetown. Delegates from 17 local Granges and three county units will work in committees on agriculture, legislation and taxation, education, safety and health, and women’s, youth, and Junior Grange activities. Representing National Grange will be National Grange Master Edward Andersen and his wife Darlene, of Washington, D.C. Master Andersen will speak to the delegates on Tuesday, Dec. 4 and will be the featured speaker in a Town Forum question/answer program at the annual banquet, Wednesday, Dec. 5, in Cape Henlopen High School at 6:30 p.m. Bettye Arnold, Sussex County Pomona Grange Lecturer, will be Andersen will be able to report on National Grange policies and programs for 1965, formed at the recent National Grange Session. The Grange is the first major farm organization to meet after the election. The 1965 farm bill was a major topic of discussion at the Grange Session. Open sessions at the Grange meeting will be talks by Bill Sammons, Information Director, Delaware Dept, of Agriculture, Tuesday, Dec. 4th, 11:30a.m.; and John Davis, Director of the Division of Highways, “The Director’s Views of Delaware’s Highway Problems”, at 11:15 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. sth. Tuesday night will be Youth Night with Junior Grange awards presentations, the state 4-H Public Speaking Contest, the state Grange Youth Speaking Contest, and sign a-Song Contest. income, retaining ownership of their land, and letting another operator work their land,” Wysong says. With access to more land, a farmer can operate on a larger scale and use more efficient equipment. Theoretically, he should be able to do more in less time, Wysong says. That, and the ability to purchase supplies in quantity, increases the productlon per-worker and decreases the cost per-worker, he says. Small farms can be successful in certain types of operations. In Maryland, tobacco and vegetables are produced profitably on small amounts of land, says Dr. Billy Lessley. But he adds, wheat and corn return lower proflt-per-unit making larger plots necessary. Wysong believes Maryland farmers must improve management for higher yields or let someone else farm their land if they hope to make a profit on crops such as com and wheat. “The trend in Maryland and across the country is toward higher output-per-acre,” Wysong says. “Basically, this means in creasing output of land already being farmed.” With little other land available for agricultural use, farmers must improve their production to meet the growing hunger problems in the world, Wysong says. World population grew by 85 million last year. Continued growth of that kind will bring the total to 6 billion by the year 2000. To meet increasing world demands, agricultural economists say farmers need to produce as much food in the next 30 years as they have produced in the entire history of the world. Grange to
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