[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 223 (Thursday, November 19, 1998)]
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The President





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Proclamation 7147--National Farm-City Week, 1998

Proclamation 7148--Thanksgiving Day, 1998
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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.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 98-31210
Filed 11-18-98; 11:45 am]
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