New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 27, 1929, Page 12

Not Necessary to Expand S . Net Farm Ares, Dr. 0. ‘K. Byker Says:in Agri- cultural Report, on, May 27—Farm pro- duction in thé Onited States has in- creaned ‘&, half ‘more rapidly than population since the World War, the U. 8. . Department of Agriculture information service made public to- day, This has been accomplished, it.ig stated, deapite a decrease in the number of farms and in farm popu- lation, a decrease in the numper of farm animals, and a slight decrease in erop acreage. In 1927 and 1927 agricultural pro- duction was found to be still increas- ing rate more rapid than the increase in ‘population. Evidence is at hand, - too,~ that the population growth is slowing up. The welfare of agriculture, according to Dr. O, E, Baker, economist, author of the report, “necessitates careful consid- eration of any proposals involving an increase in crop acreage.” No Need for Increase It is not meceasary to expand the ret farm area of the nation during the mext decade, the report states. Making an allowance for the culti- vation of additional land which probably cannot - be prevented, the country - after 1940 = will still. have available some 500,000,00 acres of potentially cultivable land, an area Sréutsy than the total cultivated land at present, the report states. i“Less than . half of this amount would need to be ddded to the exist- ing- crap apée In. otder to supply a population of 200,000,000," Dr. Baker statés. .Overexpansion of the country's crop ares, mys Dr. Baker is one of fuyndamental cau ©of the present agricujtural depression, but excessive stimulation of agricultural settle- ment during the last half century ‘wag'thore or leay excusable. No one, Dr,Baker reports, could: have fore- seen the coming of the automobile and the tractor, which has released a large amount of Jand formerly re- quired to feed horses and mules, nor the increasing production of milk and meat per unit of feed consumed by the farm animals; nor did anyone ‘realize the influence of shifts from less productive to more productive ‘crops per acre, and from less pro- -ductive to more productive classes “of farm animals. Morover, he says, “prior to the World War no adequate ‘evidence existed of the rapid ap- proach of a stationary population in the United States. Regardless of the lessened need for the cultivation of more land, however, Dr. Baker in his report ventures the opinion that the ten- dency will be in the future as in'the past to bring more land into use for crops than are neéded. Unless agri- cultural settlement is prudently guided; he says, there is grave dan- ger that periods ef agricultursl de- preasion will recur due tp overpro- -duction. ! ZL /’ s Increased use uf biles tractors in agriculture ih the ‘years from 1920°to 1925 released from 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 acves of crop and previously required to feed once thought. It suggests that our' population may cease growing long before the limits of subsistence arc reached.” i SCOTTS OBSERVING " SOTHWEDDING DA Former Berlin Resident Now Living in Southington (8pecial to the Herald) Southington, May 27 — Mr. and Mrs. James Scott of Eden avenue, are today observing their 50th wed ding anniversary at their home. They were married on May 27, 187 &t the old *St. Mary's church o: Myrtle street in New Britain by late pastor, Rev. Dr. Hugh Carmod: Mrs. Scott was born in the Blu Hills section of Kensington and M) JAMIS SCOTT Ecott was born in East Berlin. Both were members of St. Paul's church which was erected shortly before they were married. At that time, St. Paul's was a mis- tion of St. Mary's in New Britain and when the new edifice was erected, j great rivalry sprang up over which couple would be the first to be mar- ried in it. This caused a rule to be vassed by the pastor that all mar- riages would have to be performed for one year at the mother church in New Britain. Mr. and Mrs. Scott moved from East Berlin to Southington 15 years ago. Mr. Scott is a veteran employe of the Pecii Stowe & Wilcox Co.. horses and mules. From 1918 to 1928 the land thus released amount- ed to at least 15.000,000 acres, and perhaps 20,000,000 acre, or from one-fifth to one-fourth of all the 1and required in 1319 for that pur- ‘pose. 5 Consumption . Lags Per capita consumption of beef, veal and eggs has not changed since the beginning of the cenmtury; per capita censumption of mutton, lamb and chickens is much less; consump- tion of pork is 10 per cént greater, and of milk 12 per cent 'greater. “Continuation of the indicated trend toward a greater per capita consumption of milk and pork, and lessened consumption of mutton and lamb, beef and veal, would reduce the amount of land required to feed a given population, for the hog and the dairy cow produce more human food per unit of feed consumed than do other farm animals. Since the wagr the consumption of animal foodstuffs hay increased at the ex- pense of the consumption of plant foodstufts. Any change in this ten- dency would decrease the amount of erop land required, for animal feodstufis need much more land to produce a given amount of human food than do plant foodstuffs. Sees Mationary Population “It wag formerly taken for grant- ed that growth of population in the United States would eventually presa upon the ilimitattons of the land In recent years, however. have shown that the United States and also the countries of northwestern Europe are ap- proaching a stationary population.” Dr. Baker concludes that a stationary population will be attained in from 50 to 75 years at somewhere between 175,000,060 and 200,000,000. 8ince 1920 the birth rate In the United States has declined rapidly, MRS. JAMES SCOTT They are the parents of two scns. James Scott of Bridgeport and Henry T. Scott of Providence, R, I. _Mrs. Scoit has three brothers living and Mr. Scott has one. “Yesterday afternoon Mr. anl Mrs. Scott were the guests of honor at a dinner given them by 25 friends at Craig Loch in Meriden. 'ihey re- ceived a number of gifts then, Last Thursday they were feated by St. Anne's Guild of St. Thomas' church of which Mrs. Scott has been a member for mnany years and they were presented with a purse of gold. Today. the happy couple held a re- ception for their friends and neigh- bors. Durirz the course of the day, | the:: were presented with a houqaet of 70 roses by a commitice of the reighbors on the st LIONS CLUB El TION Plans for the annual election of officers of the Lions 'club are being : considercd by officers of the club. The election takes place June 11. President George A. Quigley has ap- pointed the following committee on nominations: C‘hairman W. W. Bul- len, Willam Meehan, R. F. Patter- son. Carl R. Johnson and William and a rise in the death rate iy ex- pected soon ‘becatise the population will include an increasing proportion of people in the older age groups. fince 1915...the birth rate has de- | clined by nearly five births per thou- sand people, or about 20 per cent. A turther decline of four per thou- sand would bring the birth rate down to that nccessary merely to maintain a population whose aver age span of life is 61 years, whic four years longer than the average | at present.” This declining birthrate, Dr. Baker concludes, “appears to be associated with the country’s increasing pros- F. Curtin. S T T T RRERERREEEDDD———R perity and per capita wealth. 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