Mechanization to Ease Farm Load New and Better Equipment Coming A new era in farm mechaniza tion to help farmers increase their pet acre income is predicted in a lepoit prepared by two Purdue 1 'mvei sitv professors. Released by the Farm Equip ment Institute, the report was prepared by Prof. J. Carroll Bot tom and Dr, J. O Dunbar. The study credits improved farm equipment as making possible a large .hare of the increased ef ficiency taking place on farms in the past 15 years, pointing out that in 1940 each farm worker in agriculture supplied 10 others with J id. while in 1955 each farm .. ■i ke! supplied food for 19 others. ■'During this same 15 years,” the report continues, "labor re quircments, percentagewise, were
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