Federal Crop Insurance Program: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Conservation and Credit of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, H.R. 7111 and Related Bills ... |
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Page 148 - The purpose of this act is to promote the national welfare by improving the economic stability of agriculture through a sound system of crop insurance and providing the means for research and experience helpful in devising and establishing such insurance.
Page 225 - Congress, recognizing that a prosperous, productive agriculture is essential to a free nation and recognizing the growing need for credit in rural areas, that the farmer-owned cooperative Farm Credit System be designed to accomplish the objective of improving the income and well-being of American farmers and ranchers by furnishing sound, adequate, and constructive credit and closely related services to them, their cooperatives. and to selected farm-related businesses necessary for efficient farm...
Page 91 - All redemptions, purchases, and sales by the Secretary of the Treasury of such notes or other obligations shall be treated as public debt transactions of the United States.
Page 169 - The director shall be appointed by and hold office at the pleasure of the governor, and shall receive a salary of five thousand dollars per annum.
Page 169 - ... period subject to such adjustments as the Board may prescribe to the end that the average yields fixed for farms in the same area, which are subject to the same conditions, may be fair and just...
Page 175 - Hofer, and I am executive vice president of the National Association of Wheat Growers.
Page 175 - I would ask that my prepared statement be made a part of the record. Mr.
Page 105 - Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, we thank you for this opportunity to appear.
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Page 124 - Shuman, we are delighted that you are here. You may proceed. STATEMENT OF CHARLES W.