12—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 19, 1966 Specialists Seek An Agricultural Solution For Viet Nam Problems by Harold Joiner (EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was written (or members of the Newspaper Farm Editors of America by its president, Harold Joiner of the Atlanta Journal, who accompanied Secretary Freeman on this Viet Nam visit). SAKJOX, Pebrimry IT. A team of American agiicultur al specialists concluded here this week that agruultuial inrproi ements can drastically •assist the o\emll military conflict in this conntiy. The lop-let el teams have \isited all patts ot the South ■Vietnamese countiwde to jjet grass-roots let el mfotmo tion on the cm rent piogiams. and to see what teconunen dations can be made to tirr thet assist the economy that is neailv S 5 peicent agucul tm al Specific recommendations will be made to Pi evident Johnson upon the aimal back in 'Washington ot the team winch is led bv Senetan of Agriculture Omile L Fiee- m an Piessmg needs include ad dit'onal lumber facilities One ot the team nieniheis Roheit Dwier of Portland Oie a private hnnbeiman has elect ed to lenrain in Vietnam for another few da\s to finalize plans foi introduction ot a lunvber complex Ciedit systems apparently will be a maior aiea in which the Atnencan team will dwell in us final teport Several of the team members ex pressed concern ovei both lack of adequate credit and high rates ot mteiest The team was unanimous howe\er in expiessmg pleas me at the piogiess of the Vietnamese people in recent xeais Much of this pi oat ess has come through technical assistance piOMded through U g programs Fieeman said lie found more agricultural develop ment than he had expected, and said this would provide a base on which still further improvement could he made He and the team members emphasized h'ovvevei that such a program would not show diamatie, overnight re sults 'Rather they Mill be de signed to alleviate immediate problems and will also aim at a long-i ange economic im provement Dr Charles B Batchford of the Univeisitj of iMissoun said he .found farmers in all areas aivaie of the need for improved seed feitihzer, .pes ticides and othei modem fainung tools “Thev aie aware of these tools and aie leadv to go with them he said upon completion of his 3-dav visit to the .provinces Robeit Xathan a national ly-known Washington econo • 4-H Play (Continued from Page 1) Lilli Ann Wuell, Xan'cv Ris ser and Kathleen Key These youngsters have worked hard and enthusiastically in pre panng this yeai’s effort and they repoit it is a play that the whole family will eniov The in'oney denied fiom 'ticket sales tor the 4-H play piondes the funds that file County Council uses to spon sor such events as the Lead eis Banquet 4-H Field Day and othei county-wide activ ities Tickets may be obtained from a>ny cast member, 01 at