stumbled across a treasure trove of materials on Guyana agriculture written in the late 60s and early 70s. also quite a few books, pamphlets, fliers etc of speeches and talks by l.f.s.b.
am doing an examination of the material. am sure i’ll be hearing from his enemies and detractors old and new as well as some of my own. come what may
success and progress for us must be absolute, rather than a relative concept. ours must be the pursuit of perfection. we must aim at the stars and not he earthly mountain tops
forbes burnham listening to cheddi jagan. looks like they are in parliament
the tradition has been to build in wood and in cement, the latter being idicative largely of status. what, howerver, with our thrust to utilise our resources and since we do not yet produce cement, building in cement for houses is to be frowned on and discouraged. …it is clear that we should use a minimum of wood, even in house construction and turn to some other building material. That, we have in abundance clay, mud.
forbes burnham, breakthrough
it is apposite to remark that since the declaration of sophia, there has been an unceasing interest shown in the people’s national congress by friends new and old, as well as by enemies and detractors new and old. we have seen hitherto intractable foes [cheddi jagan and the ppp] purporting to change their line, and generously offering “critical support”
critical support of cheddi jagan and the ppp
at the guyana sugar corporation we are deeply involved in the nation’s important goal of agricultural self-sufficiency…and hence we have embarked on a crop diversification programme which includes black eye peas, corn, cassava and fish culture [tilapia] through our continuous research and technological advancement, we proceed apace with our work for the improvement of yields and variety breeding 1973!
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