Show November 23 18 As Farm City-Farm Week The week of November 23 18 was designated by President Lyndon B B. B Johnson as National Farm-City Farm Week according to toa toa toa a release from the Utah State Board of Education to the Manti ManU High School FF A. A The notice pointed out that people in agriculture have oft- oft times been critical of city residents residents residents resi resi- dents for not understanding their position and yet have done very little to help them understand the business of farming In his proclamation President Johnson said In less than a generation the American farmer has created a greater agricultural abundance abundance- than his predecessors through all the generations of our history history history his his- tory achieved One farmer today feeds and I clothes himself and 39 others almost four times as many as ashe ashe ashe he sustained a quarter of a century century century cen cen- tury ago This revolution wrought by bythe bythe bythe the American farmer is one of the triumphs of our age Even though he himself has not always always always always' al al- al- al ways ways ways' received his fair sh share re of the Nations Nation's prosperity a circumstance circumstance circumstance cir cir- cir cir- which his country in good conscience c cannot permit to continue he has helped to improve the c conditions of l life e for every American The average consumer today enjoys a more abundant supply of food than any people has ever known and he pays a lesser share of his income for it than ever before One of the most vital contributions contributions contributions contri contri- to the achievements of American agriculture has been understanding and cooperation between farm and city an interdependence interdependence interdependence in in- that has supported support support- ed our national development Moreover American agriculture ture tune now represents hope for cities and villages far beyond our shores where the spectre of poverty threatens the stability stability- and even the peace of the world |