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Agriculture Day
Salute Successful
The recent salute to Agriculture day in Washington, D. C., was one of the biggest and most successful efforts our Nation has seen to call attention in a positive way to the problems and accomplishments of American agriculture, H. S. Barksdale, Chairman of the Rappahannock Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, said this week.
President Nixon launced the salute with a nationwide radio address calling on all Americans to join him in a bi-partisan tribute to the farmers of this country.
“I have high hopes for the new farm programs which are in effect this year,” the President told the Nation. “They remove some of the old restraints in a way which gives every farmer a chance to make more of this own decisions about the kind of farming that suits him best.” Chairman Barksdale spotlighted other major goals which can help farmers improve their income stated in the President’s address:
-Increase agricultural exports from the $7.4 billion this year to an annual $10 billion figure.
-Continue the battle against inflation.
-Increase the level of operating loans insured by the Farmers Home Administration.
-Support applied research for controlling agricultural pests.
-Increase grants for small watershed projects.
-Increase funding for technical assistance on conservation projects.
-Increase funds for insured loans for water and sewe systems in rural areas.
-Work with farm organizations and the Congress on such problems as farm labor, and farm bargaining legislation.
The President climaxed a day of recognition by cabinet members and other high government officials with a reception and dinner for several score outstanding farmers and farm leaders and their wives. On the White House lawn, farm machinery exhibits and purebred livestock were on
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