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be time to begin on summei garments for next year.
Wayne Walker is manager of the plant and assistant manager if Ned Settle.
ASC Committee
Nominations Invited
ASC community committees should always be the "best people (available,” according to H. S. I Barksdale, Chairman, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation .County Committee. Slates of (nominees for membership on lASC community committees soon will bo .established at the ASCS county office. The community committee elections [will l)e held the third week in September.
“The committee system is the backbone of the farm programs,” the Chairman declared. “Us responsibilities include the conservation of natural resources, the stabilization of agricultural commodities, and price support
jactivities which protect and improve farm income. We need [the best possible cross-section of farmers to insure effective administration of the various measures.”
In Rappahannock County, Mr. Barksdale explained, farmers took part last year in one or more programs administered by the ASC committees. Funds disbursed under the Committees’ supervision amounted to • $100,000. I Last year, also, 1800 acres of ■ farmland were improved under ; the Agricultural Conservation Program cost-sharing , arrangement. The total investment in conservation was about $40,000, with about half I (Continued on Page 2)
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