[Salute To Farmer Television Spots] - Part 1 (1967, sound)

the typical American Farm 50 years ago a family of five worked it and produced enough food to feed themselves and perhaps a couple of neighbors now 50 years later the typical American Farm looks like this today the American American and doubled the yield for farm animal every hen lays twice as many eggs as 40 years ago every cow gives twice as much milk activity and efficiency today you'd pay a half dollar for a quart of milk A110 for a pound of chicken and $2 for a dozen eggs instead many of the foods you use most today cost nearly the same as 20 years ago while the prices of industrial goods have increased 40% and average wages have doubled American farmers provide plenty and they created hundreds of new Industries and millions of jobs the farmers need for steel alone created nearly 40,000 jobs and almost $200 million payroll farmers buy they are the greatest consumers of petroleum trucks Machinery in fact three of every 10 jobs in Private Industry are directly related to agriculture American fs and depression in the urgency of war and in the face of greatly increased labor one of the tools of a for today the 12 land Banks and the more than 700 Land Bank associations are completely owned and operated by Farmers themselves farmers co-operating in a credit system to obtain needed capital for their highly competitive Enterprise [Music] during this month of July the 50th anniversary of President Wilson's signing of the Farm loan act the federal land Banks salute America's Farmers providers of Plenty they have taken on the most critical problem of mankind how to feed the hungry their contributions to the world may exceed those of any Statesman or general in history the typical American Farm 50 years ago a family of five worked it and produced enough food to feed themselves and perhaps a couple of neighbors Now 50 years later the typical Amer as 40 years ago every cow gives twice as much milk the production of American farmers fills our food market with the greatest Bargains in history if not for the farmers's increased productivity and efficiency today you'd pay a half doll for a quart of milk A110 for a pound of chicken and $2 for a dozen eggs instead many of the foods you use most today cost nearly the same as 20 years ago while the prices of industrial goods have increased 40% and average wages have doubled [Music] American farmers provide plenty and they can related to agriculture American farmers have made these achievements in the face of droughts and depression in the urgency of war and in the face of greatly increased labor costs and production expenses one of the tools of American farmers has been the federal land bank system created through the farm Farm loan act to provide Farmers with a source of credit they could afford today the 12 land Banks and the more than 700 Land Bank associations are completely owned and operated by Farmers themselves Farmers cooperating in a credit system to obtain needed capital for their highly competitive Enterprise during this month of July the 50th Ann iary of President Wilson's signing of the Farm loan act the federal land Banks salute America's Farmers providers of Plenty they have taken on the most critical problem of mankind how to feed the hungry their contributions to the world may exceed those of any Statesman or General in history and doubled the yield for farm animal every hen lays twice as many eggs as 40 years ago every cow gives twice as much milk the production inreased productivity and efficiency