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Animal Husbandry Graduates in Industry¹

Abstract

Dr. Herrell De Graff of Cornell University in the September issue of County Agent made an interesting observation: "The industry-agriculture partnership that we hear so much about is nothing new. It's just been intensified to the point where we no longer can say just who is the farm worker!"

Dr. De Graft points out that despite sizable increases in population, the number of farm workers has been steadily decreasing. For example, in 1870 out of a total population of 40 million there were 8 million workers on the farms and ranches of the United States—a ratio of 1 to 5. Just 87 years later, in 1957, with an estimated total population of 170 million, there are still only 8 million workers on the farms and ranches—a ratio of about 1 to 22.

There is nothing startling or new about these figures. I quote them only to emphasize the dramatic change that has occurred in this specific area which the Land Grant Colleges were designed to serve. I have chosen to reiterate this emphasis because I believe that it has a tremendous impact upon the various phases of the problems this Society is considering at this 1957 annual meeting.

¹ Prepared for meeting of American Society of Animal Production, Chicago, Illinois, November 29, 1957.

² Industrial Relations Manager, Swift & Company, Chicago, Illinois.