USDA Expands Rural Development Work
Employees of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture and
State Cooperative Extension
Service devoted 34 percent more
time to rural development ac
tivities in fiscal year 1972, and
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SHELLY BROTHERS
RD 2, Manheim, Pa.
E. P. SPOTTS # IHC.
Honey Brook
helped local leaders organize
more than 150 new rural
development committees.
In a report to Congress, the
Department stated that USDA
and Extension employees
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devoted 4,300 man-years to ef
forts to stimulate progress in
rural America from July 1, 1971
to June 30, 1972, compared to
3,200 man-years the previous
fiscal year.
The report said 51 new area or
multi-county rural development
committees were formed,
bringing the number of area
committees in the nation to 235,
and that more than 100 new
county committees were formed,
pushing th enational total to 2,193.
Much of the report is devoted to
accomplishments of specific
State and local rural develop
ment committees.
For instance, government
agencies and church groups
helped set up a self-help housing
program in a Maryland county
where housing was poor and
rents were high. The program
enabled low-income people to
occupy modern homes for up to
$lO,OOO less than they would cost
commercially. Cooperation and
self-help construction reduced
costs.
Another cooperative effort was
a three-county area of Missouri in
need of a hospital. Local citizens
raised more than $300,000, civic
clubs and local governments
supported the project. Location
of the adequately-financed
hospital has been decided.
Alabama county committees
actively pursued industrial
development. The Extension
Service studied the changes for
more lumber finishing in one
area. This contributed to a half
million dollar expansion of a
wood products firm in the study
area.
The report, transmitted to
Congress by Secretary of
Agriculture Earl L. Butz, said
that rural development must
advance on several fronts if it is
to succeed.
‘ ‘This third annual renort to the
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 16,1972
Outlook Conference
The 1973 National Agricultural
Outlook Conference has been set
for Feb. 20 through 22, at the U.S.
Department of Agriculture in
Washington, D.C.
Central theme of the Con
ference will be “The Future
Structure of Agricultural
Production and Marketing.”
Such topics as the long-range
expansion of demand for
agricultural products, input
requirements of the food in
dustry, significant trends m
organication and control of the
food and fiber sector of the
economy, impact of en
vironmental developments on
agricultural production and
marketing, and future
developments in the export
market will be explored in depth.
The 1973 outlook for U.S.
agriculture and the general
economy will receive particular
attention at the Conference.
Sessions on the 1973 outlook for
major commodities and rural
family living will make up an
important part of the Conference
as usual. The Conference,
sponsored by USDA’s Economic
Research Service and Extension
Congress . . . reflects USDA’s
determination to help local
leaders push development
ahead,” the report stated “The
USDA efforts in broad program
thrust areas are aimed at making
rural America a better place to
live and work,” the report said.
Single copies of “Rural
Development—lnformation and
Technical Assistance Delivered
by the Department of Agriculture
in Fiscal Year 1972” are
available free upon postcard
request to the Office of In
formation, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
20250.
Slated for Feb. 20-22
Service, will feature presen
tations and panel discussions by
leading authorities in agriculture
and business.
Swine Breeders
Urged to Keep
Cholera in Mind
An outbreak of hog cholera in
several states has prompted
Pennsylvania Secretary of
Agriculture Jim McHale to urge
. the commonwealth’s swine
breeders to purchase
replacement stock from states
designated as free of hog cholera.
The secretary noted that feeder
swine from states or portions of
states where a state-federal
quarantine for hog cholera is in
effect are not permitted to enter
Pennsylvania.
A massive outbreak of the
disease has been reported in
Kentucky Outbreaks have also
occurred in Ohio and Indiana,
with the disease being traced to
swine orginatmg from Kentucky
sales.
Recurrent outbreak have also
been reported in North Carolina,
Texas and South Carolina
Nebraska had two outbreaks
traced to a Texas shipment, and a
number of swine were diverted
from a slaughter lot.
A spokesman for the depart
ment’s Bureau of Animal In
dustry said swine in states with
areas under the quarantine can
move into Pennsylvania only
with prior approval from the
department and if accompanied
by an interstate health certificate
signed by the chief livestock
sanitary official of the state of
origin.
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