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the agencies listed in this group. Many of them suggested a 

 number of agencies and of course many of the suggestions are 

 vague. Tins group not only includes the publicly supported 

 agricultural agencies and farmers' organizations, but econo- 

 mists, associations of farm women, trade organizations and rural 

 sociologists. The agricultural press and other groups mani- 

 festly have an interest in the formulation of an agricultural 

 policy. 



CONFERENCE GROUP 



An ideal conference would include all groups considered in 

 the preceding report and certain others which have not been 

 suggested. For example, although none have mentioned con- 

 sumers' organizations or consumers, it is evident that to con- 

 sumers America's agricultural policy would be a matter of vast 

 importance. Many items in the agricultural program here pre- 

 sented are intimately related to the transportation agencies, stor- 

 age corporations, manufacturers of agricultural products and 

 agricultural requirements as well as to distributors of foods. 



The following tentative list attempts to include the more im- 

 portant interested groups: 



I. Publicly supported agricultural agencies, educational and 

 administrative 



a. United States Department of Agriculture 



b. United States Food Administration 



c. Agricultural colleges, experiment stations and extension 

 divisions represented in the American Association of 

 Agricultural Colleges 



d. State commissions of agriculture 



e. Association of State Marketing Officials. 



II. Associations of Economists 



a. American Association of Agricultural Economists 



b. American Association for Agricultural Legislation 



c. American Farm Management Association. 



III. Farmers' Organizations 



a. American Society of Equity 



