Agricultural Research Vital To Meet Future Food Demands
Penn State College of Agriculture Dean Rusell E Larson warns that global food output must rise by 200 to 300 percent from 2000 levels to feed five billion people in developing regions. He notes only a 54 percent gain in 25 years and calls for 26,000 new agricultural scientists by 1977 to boost yields and support growing industries and government roles.
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Russell E Larson
College of Agriculture
Penn State University
Larson
Penn State
Dean Larson
US Department of Agriculture
America
Fragmented OCR reads like a 17th century fertilizer ad
The text resembles garbled lines about a seed or weed problem in corn and mentions Reading Bone Fertilizer Co. with stray numbers and broken phrases. It appears as a damaged OCR snippet rather than a coherent article.
Prices To Farmers Fall Again in April Harrisburg
Prices farmers received for most items dropped in April to the lowest since June of last year. Hog price at 18 dollars per hundred pounds was 130 cents below March and six dollars under a year ago. Steers and heifers at 2320 dollars per hundred weighed down by 50 cents and 260 dollars under last year. Broilers at 161 and a half cents per pound were a half cent below March and a cent below last year. Eggs at 33 cents a dozen dipped three cents, the lowest since last June. Wholesale milk at 5.40 dollars per hundredweight concluded the report.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service
Two New Conservation Films On Water Pollution
The State Health Department and Sanitary Water Board offer two new 15 minute color sound films The Silent Thief and Guardians of a Treasure to explain Pennsylvania water pollution control with scenes from across the state and featuring state agencies and citizens Dr Thomas W Georges Jr notes the films promote the Clean Streams Program and public awareness ahead of a May 16 bond issue vote for water and land reclamation Copies of each film are available for public use.
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Pennsylvania
State Health Department
Sanitary Water Board
Calvin DeFrenes Film Corporation
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Commonwealth
Thomas W. Georges, Jr
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Diamond Chemicals
Niagara Chemical Warehouse
Jacob Hoober
Intercourse
Reading Bone Fertilizer Co
Reading, Pa
Lancaster Bone Fertilizer Co
Quarryville
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Game Commission
Keystone
Potter County
Clearfield County
McKean County
Health Dept
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P. L. Rohrer & Bro
Smoketown
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