Greeley Daily Tribune from Greeley, Colorado • Page 23

1840 output puny compared with today GREELEY (CoU.) TRIBUNE 21 By DON KENDALL AP Firm Writer WASHINGTON (API-Compared, with today's huge crop, firm production when Martin Vin.Burcn wu president wu but so was the U.S. population, says the Agriculture Department. Today, for example, USDA was scheduled to issue its first estimate of-1976 corn production'; a crop department experts have said may produce a record liarvest of about 6.4 billion bushels. Last year's crop wu 51 billion, tbt rtccrd In 1837, Van Burnt urged (bit the 1MO censui.be expanded to include an of farm production for the first Unit. The USDA, ih a historical report prompted by the Bicentennial, says the Itti corn crop was 378 million bushels, only 6.5 per cent of last year's bumper harvest.

"But then, U.S. population has grown 12-fold since Van Huron's day, when 17 million Americans lived in states and three territories," tbt report said. "A fairer comparison per capita production into account." For example, in 1MO farmers grew 22.1 bushels of corn for each American. Last year corn averaged 27.2 bushels per capita, not nearly ao large a gap as 'on the basis of absolute proauction: "Some per capita figures have even diminished since 1840," the report said. "Farmers grew 6 1-3 bushels of po- tatoes per capita then.

In 1975, farmers grew about 2tt bushels per capita." Then as today, corn ted all other grains in total production. In 1840, the wheat crop was less than 89 million bushels, compared with a record of more than 2.1 billion last year. But some items' produced in 1840 which are not reported in modern farm census figures, the report said. For example: 61.S million pounds of silk was produced then. LYNN HEINZI, Editor Computer simulation reveals, Growers would bear cost of reserves Heckendorf fakes fop honors of Trend Heckendorf-of Kersey walked away with three top honors during the annual Colorado Junior Angus Association's Golden Trend show in Oreeley.

Miss Heckendorf topped showmanship entries to win the state showmanship contest and earned the right to represent the state association during national showmanship competition. Susan Brown of Monument took the second state showmanship award. Miss Heckendorf also walked away with the champion herdsman award for her efforts during the show. The BitUa family of Louisville took the second place spot. Then, for her combined efforts in showmanship, herd-' smanship and record keeping, Miss Heckendorf scored 193 of the 200 points possible to take home a special award heifer donated by the Ken Caryl Ranch of The members of the association also picked a queen to represent them during this' show season 'and Vicky Anderson of Longmont was chosen for the crown.

In other results, Brett Erickson of Fort Lupton was the owner of the champion junior heifer, while Anna Stroh of Wray took the reserve spot. Erickson and Miss Stroh went on to take the top spots in the overall female championships. Richard Biella was the owner of the champion bull while Rick Dumler of Greeley took the reserve spot. But Biella and Dumler lost out to Erickson in the supreme championship class, which pitted the males and females to determine the best type animal. Kim Dumler of Greeley was the champion junior showmanship entry, followed by Loren Hendrix of Wray.

Jeni Biella was the top senior showman while Greg Hartman of Pueblo took the reserve spot. In the record books competition, Christy Biella wrote the champion senior book, while Rick Mauro of Pueblo had the championship in the junior event. WASHINGTON (AP) -Economists and computer experts in the Agriculture Department have come up with a theoretical set of figures to illustrate what might happen to wheat prices over the next seven years if the government set up a reserve of buffer stocks as some farm leaders and members of Congress have urged. The simulation covers the years 1976 through 1982 and assumes that an initial stockpile of 400 million bushels would be set up. More would be added if surplus grain was produced, and part of the reserve could be sold if supplies were short.

As computed by the theorists, the price of wheat at the beginning of the program was set at a bushel. By 1982 the price was gradually increased to $4.55 a bushel, primarily because of inflation factors used in the exercise. The experts said that allowing for all factors of production, exports and the economy, there would be only a 6 per cent chance of wheat prices ex- ceeding $4.50 a bushel with such a reserve program while there would be a 29 per cent chance of prices rising above that mark if no reserve plan' was followed. Further, the researchers found that "wheat producers would bear a disproportionate share of the costs of the buffer stock program" because of prices being lower than they would in the absence of reserves, i "Unless the buffer stock leads to an increase in the vol- ume of exports, these results suggest that the program would benefit our foreign customers at our expense," the report said. "They would have the security of knowing a reserve stock was available, plus they would pay a lower average price." The report was prepared by the department's Economic Research Service and was said to be intended primarily as a guide for future discussion and possible development of grain reserve policy.

Drought threatens Australia FAO head proposes austerity program ROME (UPI) new director of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said today the agency is in danger of becoming an ivory tower of academics and proposed and austerity program aimed at increasing FAO's ability to feed poor. "This organization needs a shakeup now," Director General Edouard Souma told a meeting of FAO's governing council. "At a lime when it can openly be said by many that tiwi U.N. system is facing a crisis of confidence and it appears that the organization is confronting a turning point in its history, a new departure is essential in the history Of FAO." Specifically, Souma said there was a "need for .1.

balance, particularly as regards the allocation of resources to unduly elaborate; over-theoretical and diffuse studies." i To change this, Souma called for: A sharp reduction in the number of FAO meetings and study reports, Large reductions in the number of new staff openings and promotions of current staff, Financial priority to programs producing concrete, short-term food production aid to developing countries, Decentralization of staff based in FAO's Rome headquarters. That's some chicken! May We Serve You? DICING LUMBER SINCE 1916 MOSCOW (UPI) While, cleaning a rooster, cooks in the Ukrainian city of Dneprope- trovsk found it had nine hearts and three livers, the newspaper Trud reported Sunday. Trud said a farmer had noticed that the rooster was unusually heavy and extraordinarily feisty. secret was discovered when he was brought to the cooks," it said. "The cooks were very much surprised because this cockerel had nine hearts and, in addition, three livers." Trud said the hearts were arranged like grapes on a single stem.

It quoted V. Makovietseky, a professor of abnormal anatomy as saying this was a "unique phenomenon." SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -Farmers are killing thousands of cattle and the wheat crop, Australia's largest export item, is in jeopardy in one of the worst droughts in the nation's history. Little rain has fallen in more than three months in the southern half of Australia. If the drought doesn't ease in the next few weeks officials say the government may be forced to impose export restrictions again, as it did in 1974. Thousands of cattle have died of starvation at a time when the industry has already been hurt because of the virtual closing of export outlets in Japan, North America and Western Europe.

The state government in Victoria is paying farmers $6.30 for each head of cattle shot up to the end of August, and it is estimated 80,000 cattle will have been killed by then. Farmers are hand feeding stock in New South Wales. The prospects appear most grim for the dairy farmers following the disappearance of overseas markets and export prices which are currently lower than production costs. In recent weeks diary farmers have been among the most vocal critics of the government, which has been forced to allow farmers facing bankruptcy to receive welfare payments for unemployment. Most agricultural experts forecast at least a 20 per cent drop in wheat output, to about 9.5 million tons, reducing export earnings by over $250 million.

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