productive
and housing developments going up.
And' he is convinced that North
Carolina has plenty room for them,
as well as for'agriculture.
But he is concerned about urban
developments on choice agricultural
land while less valuable land around
them remains undeveloped.
Superhighways require 60 to 70
acres of lqh(l per' mile. This is
-equal to the acreage found in an
average North Carolina farm.
- Nationally, about 1,000,000 acres
of productive farmland are'being
diverted each year to nonagricul
tural uses.' In the past 15 years,
the Atlantic Seaboard states from
Virginia to Maine have lost from
10 to 25 per cent of their cultivable
land to city developments.
.Usually, it is the good, durable
farmland .that makes the best build
ing sites. X,evel farmland in
lower' construction costs,
troft>le*£me drainage and'..
r for
runways. ’ ' c
While productive farmland is be
ing put to other uses, the' popula
tion of North Carolina and the
Uqhed .States continues to cliipb
rapidly.
"Each 30, days enough people are
added to the United States to pop
ulate a city the size of Raleigh,
Asheville, Greenville, Lumbertoh,
and Rocky Mount combined,”
Doggett said.
“By 1966 or 1967, the population
of North Carolina is expected to
reach 5,000,000. In 1800, the popula
tion of the e&tire United States
. -was only 5,300,000.
, In order, to help assure that this
\ growing population ean be ade
quately fed. along with having their
other land use requirements met,
Doggett pointed otat that tlie, Soil
Conservation S.erVice. is preparing
soil-use jha^gv '
Some cities; and countie.s are em
ploying a soil scientist' to assist
. their, planning boards* ind cdtnnfls
sions. In ihahy-places Ste problerft
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Considering the number of ma
jor legislative proposals that have
confronted the 87th Congrem in
my; judgment this has been the hard
est working Congress in which I
have served since I came to the
Sedate. * " ' ^ ' h
The Congressional Record on
May 1 gave a . review of Congres
of non-farm use of farmland is
being attacked by a committee
composed of representatives of ag
riculture, industry, city and county
government. s
sional activity for this session. It
reported as of that date that 3,900
Congressional measures had been
introduced, that 313, measures had
been reported to the Senate, that .
248 measures had ppssed the\ Sen
ate, and that 79 private Bills and
45 public bills had been enacted
into law.
Ibis hardly tells the story of'
Congress in action, however. For
months now Congressional, commit
tees have been working long- hours
On the Farm Bill, the Tax Revis,*
ion Bill, 1 the .Trade Expansion Act)
of 1962, and the proposed Foreign
Assistance Act of 1962. , As these
are "marked-up” for consideration
by the two houses, Congressional
Activity will begin to move at it fast
stodrfurkH^ . I
N. C. Social Security
t
Secretary jtibicoff 6f the Health,
Education, and Welfare Depart
ment informed me .on April 28th
that North Carolina had 366,961
people who received old-age, survi
vors, and disability insurance
monthly benefits as of the end of
December 1961.
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benefits. December 1961 payments
alone totaled more than $19 mil
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