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
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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
<the door on the nights of
the play. Price to adults is
mist., said, ‘‘We must not
overpromise, tbut we will In
itiate programs to help our
friends in Vietnam.”
The Secretary of Agricul
ture met with Vietnamese
and American leaders here
prior to his departure for a
report to President Johnson.
Continued refinement of the
program will he made even
after final drafting. Freeman
said.
Dr Ratchlord said the 4-T
progiam, compaiable to the
American 4-11 Club, is per
haps the most encotuaging of
the things he saw while here.
“It is democracy in ac
tion ’ he told other members
ot the team
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County Crops & Soils
Doy Set For Feb. 25
Tie 6th annual Lancaster
County Crops & Soils Day
will be held next Friday,
February 2'5, at the Guerzu
sey Sales Pavilion.
According to Arnold G.
Lueck, associate county agent,
the program will emphasize
current trends and thinking
on forage crops and fertiliz
ers, with considerable time
spent on the latter.
“It will be a well-rounded
progiam which promises to
be of interest to all farm
ers,” Lueck said.
Four Penn State Extension
men mil be on the program;
three agronomists and one
entomologist
Lunch will be available.