The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1968 Page: 7 of 8
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Agriculture Reviews 1967,
Takes A Look Ahead
In a year-vnd statement is:
sued January 1, Secretary of
Agriculture Orville L. Freeman
reviewed 1967 and took a look
at the year ahead.
He said that 1967’s low pric-
es, occasioned by record har-
vests throughout the world,
should turn up. after the first
of the year, but that much will
depend on marketing and pro-
duction decisions taken by far-
mers themselves.
The Secretary termed 1967
as “a disappointing one for U.
S. farmers, a year of overpro-
duction both at home and •-
round the world, with result-
ant low prices.
“In the U. S.,” he said, "the
crop production index was 10
point* above the 196065 aver-
age. Wheat production set an
all-time record Poultry, tur
.key, and egg production were
all up more . than six' percent
above 1966 levels.
“Most of the major grain ex-
porting nations, plus Europe,
had 'super-harvests’ in 1966
or/1967, sending world prices
plummeting. Tough competition
in world markets was felt in the
U. S.
■'in this country, only the pro-
vious elimination of surpluses
and the existence of farm com-
modity programs limited the
drop in prices. Without these
two factors, U. S. prices would
have been much lower than
they actually were.” Despite
the turndown from the record-
1966 level, 1967 net income per
farm was more than 50 percent
higher than in 1960.
Describing his outlook for
1968 as “cautiously optimistic”,
the Secretary said that govern-
ment action • - coupled with
prudent planting and market-
ing decisions by farmers-could
result in a price upturn and a
return to the year-by-year pro-
gress toward parity of income
that has been role since 1961.
“One government action aims
at a 10 percent reduction in
grain acreage under provision
of the Food and Agriculture
Act of 1965. It is designed to
reduce over-supplies of grain
next year, and to raise prices,”
be said.
“More than a score of other
actions have been taken , to
strengthen the power of farm-
ers to hold grain and other
commodities for a better price.
As of November, farmers had
placed 65 percent more grain
under loan than at the same
date last year.
“And intensive government
and private export promotion
has resulted in the second suc-
cessive $5 billion year for dol-
lar agricultural exports in 1967,
a ipark
ml960.
k 52 percent higher than
“With the defeat in October
of the Purcell bill, which would
have allowed us to removf addi-
tional grain from the market,”
the Secretary said, “the govern-
ment has' accomplished about
all it can under existing legis-
lation.
“Prices In the next few
months depend on what farmers
themselves do. Production de-
cisions in poultry, hop and live-
stock in the next few months
are crucial to 1968 profits. De-
cision to market grain at low
prives, or to bold for better
prices, will determine grain
prices in the first half of 1968.
“If farmers cut back livestock
production modestly, prices
should rally in early 1968. But
if farmers yield to the temp-
tation of feeding cheap, wet
corn in great amounts, the in-
come of broiler, turkey, hog
and cattle producers will suf-
fer.” '
The Secretary hazarded these
predictions on agricultural and
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Cieaiiance
Clearance of Fall and Winter
DRESSES COATS
SUITS SWEATERS
WOMENS AND CHILDREN’S LATE STYLES
NOW AT A BIG SAVING!
FURNITURE SAYINGS
$149.50
$149.50
KROEHLER QUILTED SOFA
Was $224.50
Now
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Was $249.50 ...
Now
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GROUP OF LADIES SHOES IN MEDIUM AND $3.50 to $4.50 VALUES Now
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related issues for the New Year:
Continued efforts hyLfarm and
commodity- groups to .obtain
greater bargaining power for
members, either through legis-
lation or voluntary associations
* - efforts, the Secretary said,
which have his “wholehearted \
support.”
“The farm grbups are unan-
imous in their desire to obtain
a greater share of market pow-
er for their members,” he said,
“and so am I. They’re split on
how to get it. Power now is
concentrated mainly in the pro-
cessing and distribution sectors.
In 1968, we will see the various
proposals thoroughly debated
in the press and Congress and,
hopefully, the beginnings of a
consensus on. what to do.”
“I*don’t see any of these bar-
gaining power imtiatives re-
placing existing commodity pro-
grams, which now cover items
representing about 40 percent
of total farm income. Rather I
see them brought into play for
productions representing the 60
percent of farm income not now
covered by government pro-
grams.”
Rural-urban balance, the Sec-
retary said, is another idea
which will be vigorously explor-
ed during 1968. “More and more
people are coming to realize
that the problems of the cities
can never be met if another 80
to 100 million people - - the
number estimated by the year
2000 - are crowded into urban
areas that already contain 140
million. The people - space equ-
ation is growing in improtance.
“An answer must be found
on how to attack rural and ur-
THE DUBLIN PROGRESS, THUR., JAN. 11 1968
SHORT STORIES
BREATHE EASIER
Portable air-filtering helmets
worn over the heads of mm
who must work in highly conta-
minated areas, have been dev-
eloped to remove dust, smoke,
pollen, and vapors from the air
and also cool it. The lightweight
equipment is powered by rech-
argeable nickel-cadmium bat-
teries.
CONTROLLED CONTRACTION
Nickel is the most important
known element for developing
alloys whose expansion and
contraction due to temperature
can be controlled. By adding
varying amounts of nickel to
iron, alloys can be produced to
match the expansivity of a
wide variety of other mlateri-
als.
Agricultural
Briefs
Expanding Economy — The
economy of the United States
can be expected to continue to
expand during 1968 along with
a disposable income rise for
consumers, reports John G. Me-
Haney, Extension economist at
Texas A&M University. Prices
be adds, can also be expected
to rise further with indicated
increases in expenditures for
consumer goods, capital outlays
and government purchases.
BRINY NICKEL
More than seven tons of nick-
el, it is estimated, are contain-
ed in each cubic mile of sea
water. Efforts are now being
made to recover the versatile
metal economically.
both town and country and the
big cities.
"This is the approach sug-
gested by the President’s Com-
mission on Rural Poverty. This
approach which implicit in De-
cember’s symposium on Com-
munities of Tomorrow. I be-
lieve that next year will see a
quantum jumip in the national
dijUpgue and the beginnings of
a national policy to effect a
more rational distribution of
ban problems - - poverty, the population than the present one,
environment, living space, jobs which has crowded 70 percent
- - on a broad front, simultane- of our peopR? into just over 1
ously, for the betterment'of percent of our land,”
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Irrigation — Irrigation is vi-
tal to Texas agriculture. Wayne
Keese, Extension agricultural
engineer at Texas A&M Uni-
versity, calls attention to a
growing problem in several im-
portant producing areas - - the
declining ground water levels.
Keese urges producers to give
serious consideration to irriga-
tion methods which will con-
serve ground water supplies.
Cut in Turkey Numbers Rec-
ommended —. An 18 percent re-
duction in the number of tur-
keys raised for market has been
recommended by the USDA in
its 1968 Turkey Marketing
Guide. To help accomplish the
reduction, USDA officials sug-
gested a 22 percent decrease in
the number of breeder hens
on January 1.
Stays Fresh Longer
More Meat Inspectors-USD A
has instructed field employees
of Consumer and Marketing
Service’s Compliance and Eval-
uation Staff to increase efforts
to identify meat products that
may be subject to seizure or
detention under Wholesome
Meat Act signed into law on De-
cember 15. Inspectors are be-
ing hired to expidite imple-
mentation of the Act. Some 500
inspectors and other personnel
are expected to be hired by
June 30, 1968.
Opportunities in Agriculture
__Every year thousands of jobs
that should be filled by people
with farm backgrounds go un-
filled. And these are good satis-
fying jobs. Don’t let farm know-
how and experience go to waste.
Youth not planning on staying
on a farm are advised to check
into the facts about a career in
agribusiness.
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Hicks, Linda. The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1968, newspaper, January 11, 1968; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth775565/m1/7/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dublin Public Library.