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'JNTY NEWS - AUGUST 10. 1972 -
BY WALTER RUCKER
Countv Agent
FARMERS AND FOOD
Some interesting facts and
figures about the American far
mer, the food he produces for
the American consumer, and
why that food costs what ii
does
In the last 20 years:
Wholesale food prices have
gone up 20 percent.
Retail food prices have gone
up 43 percent.
Farm prices for food pro
ducts have gone up only six
percent.
These facts and figures are
from “Food and Home Notes’
put out by the Office of In
formation, U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
Here’s more:
Although retail food prices
have gone up 43 percent in the
last 20 years, they have not
advanced as much as other main
categories in tne cost-oi-living
index.
HOW MUCH FOR FOOD?
Twenty years ago people paid
23 percent of their take-home
pay for food.
Last year they spent 16 per
cent of their take-home pay for
food.
This year they are expected
to spend less man it> percent
of their take-home pay for food.
THE FARMER’S SHARE
Twenty years ago the farmer
received 49 cents of the dollar
spent by consumers for farm
raised food. Farmers are now
receiving only about 38 cents
of that dollar.
In the last 20 years, while
output per man hour in man
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health director Dr. Lillian War
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ufacturing industries has mul
tiplied by 1.6, output per man
hour on farms is up 3.3 times.
In other words, more than twice
as much as in industry.
Twenty years ago one farm
worker supplied 16 people with
food. Now he produces enough
for 51 people, an increase of
more than three times. That’s
a pretty good improvement in
efficiency, and one of the main
reasons we eat so well .. for
so little.
HIGHER WAGES
What increase there has been
in food prices is primarily
because of higher wages.
Average wage rates per hour
of production workers in manu
facturing are 2.3 times higher
than 20 years ago. They were
$1.56 per hour in 1951 and $3.57
in 1971.
The average hourly earnings
of food marketing employees is
2.5 times higher than 20 years
ago. They were $1.56 per hour
in 1951 and $3.57 in 1971.
The average hourly earnings
of food marketing employees
is 2.5 times higher than 20
years ago. They were $1.31 in
1951 and $3.24 in lavi.
AW'AY FROM HOME
The largest increases in the
cost of food are for food eaten
away from home, where labor
and services are the main in
gredients of food costs.
Total food expenditures away
from home have risen 79 per
cent in the last ten years. The
price index for food eaten away
from home has increased more
than 50 percent in the last de
cade.
mitted to school.”
The state pediatrician says
that the largest number of ch
ildren affected are those who
will be entering kindergarten
or first grade, but that the law
applies equally to out-of-state
students entering higher grades
in the Georgia school system.
“Certificates may be ob
tained rom private physicians
or without cost from county he
alth departments,” Dr. Warnick
explains. She adds, “Time is
running out. Children who do
not have certificates cannot be
admitted to classes, so parents
should make arrangements at
once to have their youngsters
immunized in order to avoid
entrnn/'o delays in September.”
ASCS News
BY: EDSEL MARTIN
Major provisions of the 1973
wheat program were announced
today by Secretary of Agricul
ture Earl L. Butz.
They Include the set-aside
required for participation, an
option to voluntarily set aside
additional acreage and the pay
ment rate for the additional
set aside.
To participate in the wheat
program, a producer must sei
aside an acreage equal to 86
per cent of the farm’s domestic
wheat allotment the maxi
mum provided by law. Pro
ducers will again be allowed
to substitute feed grains or soy
beans for wheat to preserve al
lotment history.
The Secretary further ann
ounced that barley will again
be Included in the 1973 feed
grain program.
In addition to the set aside
required for participation, a
producer may earn payment for
setting aside additional acreage
up to 150 per cent of his 1973
domestic wheat allotment
twice the amount of additional
acreage allowed in the 1972
program at a payment rate
of 88 cents per bushel. This
option is aimed at encouraging
retirement of additional land
to prevent excessive wheat pro
duction.
“The announcement of volun
tary set aside is being made
much earlier than last year sc
the winter wheat producer can
plan his wheat operation be
fore investing any money in his
1973 crop,” Secretary Butz said
in outlining the 1973 program.
"Provisions of the 1973 wheat
program are aimed at achiev
ing a reduction of stocks so
that producers can obtain fair
rates of return on their cap
ital and labor in the market
place,” Secretary Butz said.
“Goals also include allowing
each farmer greater freedom of
choice to plant the commodities
that best fit his individual op
eration and managerial ta
lents.”
Loan rate for 1973 will be
$1.25 per bushel national av
erage the same as in 1972
and farm stored and ware
house stored loans are available
to producers who participate in
the program.
As in past years, producers
who elect to set aside only the
acreage required for partici
pation will be eligible for cer
tificates on their allotment ac
res and for loans on all wheat
produced on the farm.
Substitution provisions of
the 1973 wheat program are id
entical to those in 1972 with ,
corn, grain sorghum, barley or
soybeans allowed for preserva- ,
tion of allotment history.
The USDA also announced that j
the 1973 feed grain program ,
will have a mandatory set aside ]
for barley of not less than 25 i
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percent of the farm’s barley
base, with other details of the
feed grain program to be ann
ounced later.
Loan discounts for undesir
able varieties of wheat have
been discontinued. Producers
will again receive preliminary
payments after July 1, 1973,
equal to 75 percent of the es
timated face value of the wheat
certificate. Any remainder will
be paid after Dec. 1, 1973. Face
value of the wheat certificate
will again be the difference be
tween 100 per cent of the July
1, 1973 parity and the national
average market price received
by farmers during the first
five months of the marketing
year.
The 1973 national wheat all
otment is 18.7 million acres,
as announced on April 17. The
allotment represents the acre
age required to produce the
535 million bushels for which
certificates will be issued to
participating producers. The
national allotment is based on
a national average yield of 31.0
bushels per acre.
In 1972 it was 19.7 million
acres and the national average
yield was 29.8 bushels per acre
which also resulted in 535 mi
llion bushels on which certifi
cates were Issued to producers.
The 86 percent set aside app
lied to the new allotment will
give a producer about the same
set aside this year as last.
Under the current program,
the farmer may plant as much
wheat or any other non-quota
crop as he wishes after he has
met his acreage set aside and
conserving base requirements.
Or, he can choose not to plant
any wheat. Crops subject to quo
tas in 1973 will be peanuts,
rice, tobacco, extra long sta
ple cotton, and sugarcane.
As in 1972, land offered for
set aside must be equally pro
ductive and similar to that on
which the program crop is to be
grown. Producers may graze
set-aside acres except during
the five principal months of
the normal growing season, but
set aside acreage must be pro
tected against erosion, weeds,
insect damage and rodents. In
1973, sweet sorghum again may
be planted on the set-aside ac
reage and grazed, except dur
ing the five months of the gr
owing season.
Producers who wish to qual
ify for program benefits need to
sign up to participate. Sign-up
dates will be announced later for
the 1973 program. A producer
may participate in the wheat
program on any or all farms
in which he has an interest,
as he wishes.
ASCS county offices will no
tify wheat producers of their
domestic allotment and the app
licable set aside for their far
ms.
District cooperators of the
Upper Chattahoochee River Soil
and Water Conservation Dis
trict who keep rain gauges have
reported rainfall for the month
of July 1972.
They are E. H. Sherrill 5.7
Inches; M.E. Jennings 5.7; Fred
Hawkins 4.8; C.L. Collett 7.0;
E. W. McConnell 6.6; W.E. Hol
comb 5.9; Emory M. Martin
5.9; Mrs. Charles S. Mathieson
7.0; W.H. Grindle 5.5; Jack
Milford 3.9; C.A. Bagwell 4.1;
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S.R. James 5.2 and Miles Wolfe
4.08 Inches.
Miles Wolfe has reported a
total of 33.59 inches since the
first of the year. The average
rainfall for the month of July
is 5.29 Inches. The official
total for the first seven months
is 36.97 inches.
Many American communities
have water problems of one kind
or another - too much water,
too little water or polluted
water. If your community has
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Georgia Natural 6as Compaay
a water problem contact your
local Soil Conservation Service
oince ior aavice.
Frank Smallwood in the Drew
community has made appli
cation for assistance fqr a small
lake. Local SCS technicians
are designing a dam for small-'*
wood that will Impound water
technicians, with
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problems on lands north of
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local SCS technicians.
Those interested in securing
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Upper Chattahoochee River Soil
and Water Conservation Dis
trict fer winter planting should
get in touch with T. Kenneth
Orr, SCS Cummlng, Georgia.
Time has been extended till
Aug. 31. 1972.