Gap Between City and Farm Rapidly Narrowing in 1975 View
USDA economists foresee an emerging "city life widely spaced" rural community by 1975 driven by technology, urban growth, and rising living standards. Farming will rely more on urban supplies and nonfarm income, with land values shaped by roads and suburban demand as rural areas urbanize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
John H. Southern
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Texas Agricultural Workers Association
Southern
U. S
Canadian Wheat Acreage Drops 7 Percent in 1957
Canadian wheat acreage is expected to fall seven per cent from 1956 levels if March 1 intentions hold. The 1957 average wheat area is estimated at 19.88 million acres, down from 21.34 million in 1956. Most of the decrease is anticipated in Saskatchewan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Province
Saskatchewan
Future of farm communities strengthens urban ties
The passage notes farm populations may drop up to 30 percent while farm births rise by 20 percent, raising urban work links. Living standards converge with city areas over 20 years, and rural residents increasingly attend urban schools, churches, shops, and entertainment.
Trout Stocking Expands as Warm Water Species Move In
The Pennsylvania Fish Commission will expand stocking this week with about 600,000 brook brown and rainbow trout to complete the year’s approved trout waters. In addition to trout the plan covers smallmouth and largemouth bass wall eyes northern pike catfish crap pies yellow perch and elvers in seven warm water transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Fish Commission
Commonwealth
Dewey Sorenson
Fish Commission
Sorenson
Pymatuning Lake
Linesville
Pleasant Mount
Octoraro
Chester Dam
Susquehanna
Coneswingo
Lake Erie
Harveys Lake
Canadohia Lake
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John F. Gerlach
Lane
Harold Zook
Lampeter
Lanc
Paul A. Hess
Willow St
Lance
Donald Prescott
Bainbridge Rdi
Elizabethtown
Benj. B. Landis
Paradise RI
Strasburg
Wabank ST
Ph. Lance
The
Delaware River
Commission
Dallas, PA
Quarryville, PA
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