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II is a privilege and a
pleasure to join in this third
apnual salute to Houston
County farmers through the
Houston Home Journal.
As any visitor driving
through your county can tell,
Houston County is one of the
most l>eautiful in our state
with the roads flanked by
peach trees, pecan trees and
various other indicators of the
richness and productivity of
God'S earth In fact Houston
farmers are among the most
productive in the state in
pecan, fruit and peach trees.
And despite the fact that the
farm population has
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Dear Mr. Branch:
President Ford has asked
that I convey his appreciation
and warm regards to the
farmers of Houston County.
Year after year, they have
made a significant con
tribution to our nation’s
agricultural system, helping
to make it one of the most
efficient and productive in
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON D C 20250
Dear Mr Branch:
Congratulations to the
Houston Home Journal for its
third annual salute to Houston
County farmers! 1 join in that
salute.
The farmers of Houston
County, of Georgia and of the
United States as a whole keep
our nation the most abun
dantiy fed and clothed in the
world Crises of weather,
energy, transportation and
supply shortages have
brought serious problems,
even disaster, in various areas
of our globe With so many
demands on them for foot!
supplies, our farmers have a
tremendous challenge
Despite their own problems
of weather, of scarcity and
high costs of supplies, they are
meeting this challenge Os
course, this year's harvests
are not yet in Some of our
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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20510
Dear Houston County Far
mers
As a farmer myself, 1 am
pleased to take part in the
Houston Home Journal's
Third Annual "Salute to
Houston County Farmers."
Your commitment to
Georgia's most precious
resource - her agricultural
industry -• is often overlooked.
It is especially appropriate,
then, for the Home Journal to
honor you with this special
edition.
As a farmer, you are being
called on in this era of shor
tages to increasingly rely on
your own resources and good
management principles. You
faced fuel shortages during
the winter and now you face
fertilizer shortages. Still,
farm output has increased
faster than any other segment
of our economy.
Salute To Houston Farmers
decreased in recent decades,
the value of your production in
Houston County continues to
rise.
I am proud to be a farmer; I
am proud of Georgia farming
and the advances that we have
made that enables more ef
ficient production methods.
I look forward to continuing
progress in farming, led by
our slate. Best wishes to each
of you for an even belter year
in ’74 and 75. Please let me
know whenever I can be of
service to you.
Sincerely,
Jimmy Carter
dustries in the world.
The President
wholeheartedly joins with the
Home Journal and the entire
community in paying grateful
tribute to the farmers of
Houston County.
Sincerely,
David K. Gergen
Special Assistant
to the President
national expectations have
been reduced, but the general
outlook remains promising.
American agriculture's
productive capacity is un
paralleled. The United Stales
has the world’s greatest area
of fertile land, with abundant
moisture and suitable climate.
The American farmer is the
most sophisticated, the most
scientific. the most
progressive, the best financed
in the world -- and his efforts
are complemented by the
most advanced industry to
serve agriculture known to
man.
1 have great confidence in
the farmers of Houston County
and the farmers of the United
States. They deserve the
salute you are giving them.
Sincerely.
EARL L. BUTZ
Secretary
You are being called on to
increase production to help
offset our balance-of
payments problem created by
the high price of imported
crude oil. This demand for
farm products may well open
the doors to the greatest op
portunities American
agriculture has ever ex
perienced, and will certainly
be the most significant
challenge. Houston County
Farmers continue to play an
important role in stimulating
a growing and productive
economy in Middle Georgia. 1
am confident that you will also
participate in the great
agricultural opportunities of
the future.
I am proud to join in this
well-deserved tribute to
Houston County farmers.
Sincerely,
Sam Nunn
Letters From State, National Officials
JMcm ße of 3RcpreoentatiUeo
Atlanta, foargia
Dear Bobby:
You and The Houston Home
Journal are to be commended
for recognizing the people who
feed and clothe this nation and
much of the rest of the world -
our American farmers. And, I
am proud of the fact that in
Houston County we have some
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KHajrfjtogton, B.C. 20515
AN OPEN LETTER TO
THE FARMERS OF
HOUSTON COUNTY
Dear Friends;
We are at a challenging,
perhaps critical, point in
history. And the American
farmer, who is the
“traditional backbone of the
United Stales and the free
world”, will occupy a key role
in writing the new chapters.
May 1 express my ap
preciation to you, and pledge
my cooperation in your fight
against ever-increasing
government control and in
tervention Producers should
be left alone to concentrate
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COMMITTEE ON
AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Washington. d.C. 20510
Dear Friends:
It is a great pleasure to join
THE HOUSTON HOME
JOURNAL in its salute to the
farmers of Houston County.
Let us never forget that the
cultivation of the earth is the
most important labor of man,
and those who live close to the
soil and work in the fields
contribute beyond measure to
the health, happiness and
general well-being of people
everywhere.
Farmers have indeed
blessed our citizens with the
greatest abundance ever
enjoyed by any people on the
face of the Earth Agriculture
stands today, as it always has,
as most vital to our economy
and to the strength of free men
everywhere.
Ours is a nation that was
founded and developed by
farmers. Pioneers braved the
perils of the rugged wilder
ness to raise their crops and
rear their families in a new
land Agriculture was the key
to our forefathers’ survival in
America, just as America’s
agricultural industry is the
key to the world's future in
this critical period.
As world food authorities
concern themselves with the
ever-increasing population,
one of the key elements in
whether we will be faced with
famine is the ability of the
American farmer - who is the
most efficient agricultural
worker in the world -- to
produce.
For the first time since the
Korean War, thanks to the
passage of the Agriculture and
Consumer Protection Act of
1973, which I sponsored in the
Senate as Chairman of the
Committee on Agriculture and
Forestry, farmers are en
couraged to produce in
quantities higher than ever
before. Thus, the need for
farmers to rely on the
government for income
supplements is reduced
almost entirely. This factor
alone should save the tax
payers billions of dollars. All
out production should have an
excellent effect in eventually
lowering food prices, while
ensuring sufficient production
of the most progressive far
mers in the United States,
Congratulations to The
Home Journal and to our
Houston County farmers for a
job well done.
Sincerely,
Larry Walker
their efforts on what they
know best -- producing high
quality food and fiber at low
cost - without having to spend
time defending their way of
life.
Given the proper profit
motive, understanding on the
part of the public, and a
reason to believe that he can
look forward to a stable,
predictable market in the
future, we will see the
American farmer produce as
never before!
With thanks, and best
wishes,
Sincerely,
JACK BRINKLEY
Member of Congress
of food and fiber for people
both at home and abroad.
Nearly two-thirds of the
people of Georgia make their
living by taking some hand in
getting food to the tables, raw
materials to factories and
industries, and timber and
forest products to the mill.
This represents hundreds of
millions of dollars in income to
our stale each year and is
important not only to our rural
areas but also to our urban
areas.
Rising food prices is a
problem facing all Americans.
Farmers are not making large
profits from increased prices.
Rather, they are confronted
with rising production costs
and shortages of fuel and
fertilizer. Inflation is spiraling
because the federal govern
ment refuses to balance its
budget and put a ceiling on
spending.
For our own national
welfare, and to avoid hunger
in other nations, we must see
to it that our farmers have the
tools they need to do the job,
such as fuel and fertilizer And
secondly, it is imperative that
we ensure these hard-working
people a fair and equitable
price for their labor.
Despite its problems, the
agricultural system works
with such incredible efficiency
that Americans are still the
best fed people in the world, at
prices lower than in any other
highly developed country.
It is imperative that we
protect this system -- not only
for the economic well-being
and health of the citizens of
our state, but also for our
nation's economic stability.
The export of our agricultural
products, for example, has
been the vital factor in
reducing our balance of
payments deficit, which has
plagued our nation for years.
Therefore, a salute to the
farmers of Houston County, as
well as a salute to the farmers
of Georgia is certainly in
order, and 1 congratulate THE
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
for its fine efforts in this
regard.
Sincerely,
Herman E. Talmadge
Department of Agriculture
AGRICULTURE BUILDING CAPITOL SQUARE
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30334
Dear Bobby:
Congratulations on your
decision to publish a third
annual edition saluting
Houston County farmers and
the role they play in con
tributing so Georgia’s over-all
agricultural economy.
As one of Georgia’s
foremost agricultural coun
ties, Houston ranks third in
the state in the production of
wheat, fourth in the produc
tion of fruits and nuts, fifth in
the production of soybeans
and sixth in the number of
improved pecan trees.
Since its creation by the
Legislature on May 15, 1821,
from land acquired from the
Creek Indians under the first
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Thank you , farmers! .. .
In our state, two out of three jobs are We salute our men and women in
related, directly or indirectly, to agriculture. We’re glad to have been a
agriculture. Our nation is the best fed in part of bringing electric power to much
the world - and at the lowest percent of of the nation’s farmland, for the first
spendable income. Only five percent of time, and of helping to make today’s
our people work at feeding and clothing modern farming - and modern living -
the rest of us. possible for our Members. Cooperation
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treaty of Indian Springs
during that same year,
Houston has continued to
develop and maintain its rank
as one of our foremost
agricultural counties.
I certainly value the many
friendships I enjoy in Houston
County and have always
welcomed and enjoyed the
opportunity to visit there and
enjoy the warm hospitality for
which Houston County citizens
are well known.
My best wishes to you for
another successful edition
saluting the agriculture of
Houston County.
Sincerely,
Thomas T. Irvin
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20250
Dear Mr. Branch:
Allow me to pay tribute in
your special edition to
American farmers - and
Georgia’s farmers in par
ticular - who have this year
proven once again their ability
to produce the food and fiber
needed to feed and clothe this
nation and the world.
No other nation has farmers
who are more versatile,
productive, competitive or
hardy. They are this nation’s
strongest defenders of the
competitive free enterprise
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system. No other enterprise in
America has as many com
petitors. Yet they have the
softest‘hearts in the United
States when it comes to
that others less fortunate have
food to eat, or that a new-born
pig or calf makes it through its
first night of life.
It’s a pleasure for me to
honor them in this edition.
They are the greatest in the
world.
Sincerely,
J. PHIL CAMPBELL
'Under Secretary