Agricultural Planning Through State and Local Committees

Excerpts: Farm men and women in more than 1,500 counties throughout the Nation are actively cooperating in an organized attack upon their local agricultural problems through plans and policies developed by their community, county, and State land use planning committees. Approximately 90,000 farm people are farmer representatives on these committees. They serve on the committees with technicians from the State Colleges of Agriculture and the local officials of agencies in the Department of Agriculture. Action flowing from the work of planning committees to date includes community cooperation in such projects as home improvements; county action in purchasing needed terracing equipment for farmers; State action in the purchase of submarginal land or in changes of State laws; and Federal action in adjusting conservation practices and allowances. The work of planning committees is assisting materially in guiding local adjustments in such programs as those for rural rehabilitation, soil conservation, agricultural adjustment, credit, and others.