National Farm-City Week, 1998

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Part V

The President

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Proclamation 7147--National Farm-City Week, 1998

Proclamation 7148--Thanksgiving Day, 1998

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 7147 of November 17, 1998

National Farm-City Week, 1998

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Thanks in large part to our Nation's farmers, the
quality of life the American people enjoy today is the
envy of the world. Farmers and ranchers provide us with
a safe, abundant, and affordable supply of food and
fiber. American agriculture remains one of our
country's most important and productive industries,
generating more than 22 million jobs and contributing a
trillion dollars to the American economy each year.
Today's farmers and ranchers also serve as guardians of
our precious environment. Using modern technology and
environmentally responsible methods, they have improved
our Nation's water supply, worked to reduce soil
erosion, and restored thousands of acres of wetlands.

This remarkable record of achievement would not be
possible, however, without the essential farm-city
partnerships that contribute so much to the
productivity of America's farms and ranches. From seed
and fertilizer merchants to agricultural processors,
from research scientists in the laboratory to extension
agents in the field, from shippers and manufacturers to
inspectors and grocers, urban and rural Americans work
together to share the bounty of this land with their
fellow citizens and with people around the world.

For more than 40 years, Americans have set aside this
special week to recognize and reflect upon the
importance of these partnerships in sustaining our
Nation's strength and prosperity. As we celebrate
Thanksgiving with family and friends, let us remember
to count among our many blessings America's
agricultural abundance and the collaboration between
rural and urban communities that has contributed so
much to the quality of our lives.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United
States, do hereby proclaim November 20 through November
26, 1998, as National Farm-City Week. I call upon all
Americans, in rural and urban communities alike, to
join in recognizing the accomplishments of our farmers
and all the hardworking individuals who cooperate to
produce a wealth of affordable, quality agricultural
goods that strengthen and enrich our country.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
seventeenth day of November, in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and ninety-eight, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two
hundred and twenty-third.