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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1962)
All across the Midwest, along any major highway, mo torists see these gleaming grain storage bins—monu ments to the efficiency of modern farmers. In bins like these—-and several other kinds, including zero degree storage for surplus butter—Americans now have a backlog of a dozen farm products approaching 100 million tons. forecast in milk production in 1962 brings more pres sure for legislation to halt the build-up of government stocks. In CCC storage besides corn, wheat and dairy prod ucts are about 1.5 million bales of cotton, 350 million cwt. of grain sorghums, 33 million bushels of barley, 10 million bushels of oats and rye, 1.7 million pounds ' ’ " 1 ts and 600, Govemment storage of price-supported crops is only part of the surplus pic ture. Consider also the pur chase of more than 125 million pounds of lard by USDA during 1961, along with 80 million pounds of pork and gravy, 64 million pounds of canned chopped meat, 12 million pounds of lamb, 22 million pounds of dried eggs, 60 million pounds of turkey and 36 million pounds of young chickens. Other products pur chased by USDA for distri bution through school lunch programs, welfare agencies and voluntary overseas dis tribution — all adding to taxpayers’ government costs — include canned beef, ground beef, grapefruit, canned tomatoes, cheese, vegetable oil, canned com, canned peaches, canned peas, green beans, apricots and Pinto beans. Diversion payments for potatoes must also be included. Although these commod ities are “non-price-sup ported’ and do not go into “permanent” government storage, most of them fall into the surplus category because USDA usually buys only when the market is unduly weak, or when undue weakness appears forthcoming. Last year about $180 million was spent for these products un der the National School Lunch Act and Section 32 of Public Law 320, which assists producers by remov ing excess supplies from the market. In spite of all efforts to somehow use all we can • produce, it becomes in creasingly evident it can’t be done ... at least not in the near future. If we can’t consume all we can grow, there’s only one thing left to do: produce less. A budget-conscious Ad ministration had “laid down the law” on any new farm bill presented to Congress this year. New farm legisla tion must meet these “rules” or face a possible veto: (1) It must not increase farm program costs; (2) It must not increase consumer prices “significantly;” (3) It must not lower farm in come; and (4) It must not increase surpluses. Within this restrictive framework, programs must be worked out, either gov ernment or otherwise, to cope with our incredible ability to produce more and more on less and less land, with fewer farmers. Most everyone agrees we should produce only what can be used. Only trouble is, there’s no agreement how this should be done— and, as yet, no agreement even on how much can be consumed. Big questions are, where to cut bade? And how much? Secretary of Agriculture Freeman hopes he has the answers in nis new program stipu lating production goals for all major farm crops. Broad range-to fight the many kinds of germs causing scours and its com plications that are susceptible to Terramycin. No other antibiotic or drug is effective against more disease organisms than Terramycin. Complete solubility—to give pigs all me medication you put in me water, whether it’s the Herd Treater or the water tank. Greater stability—to deliver its potent disease-fighting Science lor the world t well-being« power. Terramycin is the only broad range antibiotic for farm use with the potency-protected molecule. Greater absorption-to get broad range antibiotic power carried by the blood to the site of systemic infec tions. Don’t gamble on any other treat mem wnen onry lerramycin gives all these advantages. See your animal health sup plier today. Chas. Pfizer & Co, Inc, New YorV 17, N.Y.
