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New CAP Stresses
Public Land Uses
The new Cropland Adjustment Program “is consistent with the Administration’s objective of ’Cropland for Use’, of ’using rather than idling land’,* Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman said recently in announcing details of the program. The recently authorized program is aimed at long-term land-use changes on millions of acres, with major benefits to both farm and nonfarm people. “Our natural environment includes much more than the air, soil, and water, which are essential to life," the Secretary said. "It provides beauty, the opportunity for outdoor recreation, the protection of wildlife, and a host of other natural values. "If those of us who are dedicated to conservation are to properly serve our growing population, as well as latei generations, then we must provide for the multiple use of our resources in ways that insure their renewal for future use. "Nearly three-fourths of the United States mainland is in private ownership, and it follows" that a big opportunity for conservation lies with farmers, ranchers, and other rural landowners. The CAP will give us a chance to shift some really significant acre* ages to public benefit uses." James E. Warren, Chairmaq Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation State Committee points out that the Cropland Adjustment Program is aimed at removingfpdm surplus pi$duction up tp 40 million acres for periods of 5 to 10 years. Emphasi^will be on shifting this land into public benefit uses which also conserve soil and water to meet future needs./
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