Remarks Of Df Houston Secretary Of Agriculture At Conference Of Editors Of Agricultural Journals

Author : David Franklin Houston
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332523125
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book Remarks of D. F. Houston, Secretary of Agriculture: At Conference of Editors of Agricultural Journals, Washington, D. C., November 20, 1918 (Classic R written by David Franklin Houston and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Remarks of D. F. Houston, Secretary of Agriculture: At Conference of Editors of Agricultural Journals, Washington, D. C., November 20, 1918 I greatly appreciate your full response to my request and I would be untrue to myself if I were not also at this time, on behalf of the Department and the Government, to tell you how much the coopera tion of the Agricultural editors of the Union has been valued by the Department and the Government and how much it has contributed to the campaigns for the increased production of foods and feedstufl's and, therefore, to the successful prosecution of the war. The Depart ment has long recognized that the farm papers are perhaps the most effective printed mediums for reaching the millions of people living in the rural districts. We arrived at this conclusion a number of years ago after a very careful survey. I know of nothing that the better agricultural papers of the Union have omitted to influence thinking along right lines and to further the purposes of the Govern ment. I had two thoughts in asking for this conference. In the first place, I earnestly desire your advice, suggestions and criticisms as to the activities of the Department - past, present, and prospective. There is nothing which can be shown to be of value that the Department is not willing to undertake, within the limits of its powers and funds, to help the agriculture of the Nation. There is nothing that it is now doing which it is not willing to curtail or to eliminate 1f such action seems wise. Of course, the Department is not perfect. If it thought it were perfect, it would fail to do its duty effectively. For my part, I seek in my work here, as I hope I shall always do, to preserve an open mind and to receive every responsible suggestion and to give it the most earnest consideration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.