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The approaching election of ASC community committees for farm program administration in Rappahannock County was announced today by H. S. Barksdale, Chairman, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Commi tee. The community committees assist the ASC county committee in administering the price support, acreage diversion, agricultural conservation, and other farm-action programs in the county; they are particularly responsible for keeping their neighbors informed about the program. The county committee supervises the ASC county office and is responsible for the administration of the various programs. Voting will be by mail, the Chairman explained, and ballots will be sent to each known eligible voter. In case eligible voters fail to receive a ballot through the mail, ballots can be obtained from the county office. Generally, a farm owner, tenant, or sharecropper is eligible to vote if he is eligible to take part in one or more of the programs administered by the ASC committees. Eligibility to vote or hold office as a committeeman is not restricted by reason of race, color, creed, or national origin. Envelopes containing marked ballots may be mailed or returned to ASCS County Office anytime before October 13. Ballots will be tabulated publicly by the county committee October 18, 9 a.m. in the county office. The public
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