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By DIANA BIRD
Rappahannock News Contributing Writer
William Dietel of Flint Hill, president of the Foundation for the Development of Polish Agriculture, spoke at the Gay St. Theater last Friday, Dec. 1, on the economic and social conditions in Poland, focusing on agriculture. He said that many of the problems facing the Polish people are similar to those associated with underdeveloped countries, even though Poland is the largest and most populous of the Eastern European countries.
Information and its dissemination are limited among farmers, Mr. Dietel said, because the government has not instituted an extension service comparable to our own, nor has it developed a substitute. Statistical, information is wanting, so that realistic descriptions of needs are impossible.
Poor transportation hampers distribution of food and necessities, and supplies of fuel, machine parts, fertilizer and other farm needs are in short supply or nonexistent. Farm credit is unavailable, and a short growing season makes it impossible to produce late-season crops like com and soy beans.
These are only a sample of the obstacles which must be overcome, the conditions that must be or that limit successful exploitation of agriculture, which Mr. Dietel said everyone agrees is fundamental to Poland’s economic development.
Advantages exist, however, Mr. Dietel added. There are many small
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