[Title 3 CFR 7147]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - January 1, 1999 Edition]
[Title 3 - Presidential Documents]
[Proclamation 7147 - Proclamation 7147 of November 17, 1998]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


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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.
                                                    WILLIAM J. CLINTON  

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