HOW WILL PRODUCTION, MARKETING, AND CONSUMPTION BE COORDINATED? FROM A FARM ORGANIZATION VIEWPOINT



taken place in agriculture if we compare conditions in 1964 with
those that existed at the end of World War I and the situation as we
project it for 1975. All that is required to compare today with the
past is good 20-20 hindsight. To look ahead—even for ten short
years—is a much more difficult task. The best I can do here is to look
at the past, observe the present, and project existing trends into the
next few years.

Item

Changes in Production

1919

1964

1975

Number of farms
(millions)

6.5

3.5

2 +

Number of com-
mercial farms
(millions) pro-
ducing 95 percent
of output

2.0

1 +

Farm population:

Millions

31.2

13.3

10.0

Percent of
total

29.7

7.7

5.0

Average size of
farms:

Acres

148

303

450

Capital

$12,000 (est.)*

$51,000

$75,000

Number of farm
workers (millions)

13.2

6.7

5.0

Farm workers
required to sup-
ply consumers

1 for 7

1 for 28

1 for 35

Mechanization

Mostly

Electrified

Will increase

Managerial skills

horse-drawn
equipment
Some—mostly

and highly
mechanized

Skilled

More highly

Use of records

physical

Very little

management
necessary
Some

skilled and
specialized
Urgently needed

Specialization

On farms

Mostly general

Most farms—

—tax purposes,
business analysis,
bargaining

Further spe-

farms

one or two
specialties

cialization—
unless farm
programs
prevent change

* $10,300 value of land and buildings.

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