Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-11
VIRGINIA FARMERS
OUTLINE PROGRAM
ID State Organizations Unite
in Demand for I'M
provementS.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, october 1.-THE
shrinking violet" policy of the Virginia
agricultural organizations in the past
will be abandoned this Autumn and
Virginia's "a farm organizations will
unite in demanding an extensive pro-
gram of agricultural improvements and
legislative adjustments favorable to ru-
raj Virginia, 1t was learned here
The new program of Virginia agricul-
ture has been consolidated into joint
program objective by the agricultural
interests of the State, united through
an organization called the Agricultural
Conference Board of Virginia, which
closely represents the presidents clubs
which, in large cities, meet to unity the
efforts of civic bodies of large munich
palities back of civic improvements.
The body is headed by Harvey S.
Clapp of Accotink, who is president of
the Virginia Crop Improvement Asso-
citation. He is backed by an executive
committee composed Of the representa-
tives of most of the leading statewide
farm organizations, 1t IS announced.
Seven Items in Program.
The first in the new agricultural pro-
REdIu dS uSEIOSeu COllSlSlS Oh seven
items, which follow:
That the State should assume a MA
terially increased proportion of the sup
port of rural public schools in accord
ance with the plans approved by the
State Board Of Education, and that it
also make a substantial increase in the
rural education equalization fund.
That the State should make increased
appropriation TO the extension division
fNe tlNn rrfl 1S,kN
ton of the county farm agent service
as an established policy to relieve the
counties as far as possible CT the burden
OF the present cooperative require
ments.
That education agencies arrange for
more economic and social education
through courses of study in high schools
and colleges and especially in evening
schools, and through other educational
mediums; through the employment of
rural school principals who have q
sympathetic understanding of country
life conditions and problems, and
through making country and COM
munity fairs more educational. espe-
ctally along economic and social lines
and that adequate financial provision
be made for this type of work at fairs.
More for Public Health. =
That the State should provide more
literally for the support of public health
work in rural districts.
That the State should provide more
literally for the establishment and sup
port OF county libraries.
That the State should make increased
appropriation to Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and its experiment station for
research and education in homemaking
dairying, poultry production, plant
breeding, farm crops, production costs
mechanical power and machinery eff
cheney studies and costs of distribution
That the State provide adequate sup
port for the Virginia Horticultural So
ciety, the Virginia Crop Improvement
Association, the State Dairymen's AS
ISOLATION and particularly for the viz
S1nia State Poultry Federation.
These requests, it is disclosed, will be
incorporated, in part, into a legislative
program which will have the backing of
the farmers who are organized in Vir-
GINA. The "a members of the board
plan TO take this program before the
members of the Legislature in every part
OF Virginia, making definite and all
inclusive campaign to obtain general
packing OF their agricultural program
before the Virginia General Assembly
Members of Club.
Members of the Agricultural Presi-
dents Club include the Virginia State
Farmers Institute, the Eastern Shore
OF Virginia Produce Exchange, the Vir-
GINA Farm Bureau, the Peanut Grow
ers' Association, Virginia State Grange
Virginia Seed Service, Virginia Farmers
Union, the Southern Produce Co., Vir-
gtnia State Dairymen's Association
Southwest Virginia Produce Exchange
Virginia State Poultry Federation, Vir-
ginia Sheep and Wool Growers Asso-
citation, Virginia Horticultural Society
V1rglnia-Maryland Milk Producers AS
ISOLATION, Livestock Cooperative Mar
keting Association, Producers Co-opera.
tive Exchange, Coan River Tomato AS
ISOLATION, Valley of Virginia Co-opera-
tive Milk Producers Association, Abe
marie Dairymen's Association, Rocking
ham Cooperative Farm Bureau, the
Tazewell Farm Bureau, and the Pulaski
Cooperative Exchange.