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PMA ELECTION
RETURNS STATED
Results of the PMA committeemen elections held last Friday and) Saturday, in which 96 farmers participated, were announced this week by Earl R. Yancey, Secretary of the PMA county committee.
Heading the list of new PMA office holders is H. S. Barksdale of Flint Hill, elected as Chairman of the Rappahannock PMA county* committee for the coming year. Mr. Barksdale, who <was re-elected, has served local farmers on the PMA county committee since December 12, 1947.
Also chosen on the PMA county committee are D. D. Miller, vice chairman, of Washington and John A. Tapp, regular member, of Amissville, all of whom were elected- M ,
Commenting on the PMA programs for 1962, Mr. Barksdale had this to say: The job of PMA committeemen and all farmers in the months ahead will be to produce the food and fiber needed _for our ever increasing population m- home, for armed forces, and for K<r friendly nations abroad. We ” inst think in terms of peak pro* dbction—yet, we cannot think only in terms of more acres and higher yields. We must think in terms of a redoubled effort in ^ conservation to offset heavy cropE ng. For this reason we must P>or« than ever pin-point our Agricultural Conservation Program to the actual needs of the individual firm.
“Grassland farming is the keynote of agriculture in Virginia today. We need all the good pasture we can develops, but w;e also need to maintain our grain supplies tq bolster the production of livestock products. We intend to continue to emphasize Commodity Credit Cerporation grain loans offered through PMA to encourage farmers (to produce grain supplies with the assurance of a minimum price.”
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