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Productive Excellence Told Agriculture Day The production efficiency of the American farmer is the envy of the world, John Martin, Marengo farmer, told a special audience this week. Martin, president of the McHenry County Farm Bureau, hosted a luncheon for fifty-six people-men and women, boys and girls~to call / attention to the productive excellence as citizens joined on Agriculture day, 1976, to salute the American farmer. The special luncheon for fifty-six represents the number of people an American farmer is able to feed with his productive skills each year. In contrast, explained Martin, a Russian farmer can produce enough to feed only four people. "In Russia a third of the population is needed to produce food. In the U.S. only 4.4 per­ cent of our people are actively engaged in the production of food ana fiber. That permits many people to be available for manufacturing and service jobs which contribute to the well-being and higher stan­ dards of living enjoyed in the United States." The luncheon group represented a cross section of the community, including such guests as a nurse, businessman, industrialist, worker, senior citizens, police chief, mayor, homemakers, kindergarten student, judicial official, home economist, other farmers besides Martin and Mrs. Martin and their five- year-old, Stacy; college student, school official, airline pilots' wives, and school teacher. Elaborating on the production wizairdy of the American farmer, Martin said if the larger farmers classed by the USDA as commercial farmers are considered ($10,000 gross sales of agricultural products an­ nually), that farmer produces enough food to feed 200 people. Further, a small percentage of farmers in the U.S. provides a huge amount of our food. "The 300,000 top farmers in the U.S. out of the 2.8 million farmers produce over 60 percent of this country's food output," continued Martin. "Translated into comparative language, one top American farmer produces food for 502 people! That would be a big family to invite to luncheon today," he laughed. As for the production ef­ ficiency in other lands, Martin pointed out it is nearly im­ possible to determine how many people a Japanese far­ mer, or a Polish farmer feeds with his production efforts. "Most other countries of the world are net importers of food. The U.S. produced half the food in the world last year. We an1 blessed with productive lan' adequate rainfall at the rip time and people willing to w diligently on farms," contin Martin. "We also have an econoi system that encourages ficiency, risk of capital at „hard work. We are ~ th breadbasket of the world. Wi need exports to provide market volume to keep our agricultural production functioning at an efficient level. 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