Speaker. the problem of rural poverty in this country is one that cannot be separated from the problems of our cities. For even those who wish to live in our rural areas are being forced out. Agricultural workers in 10 States averaged under $1.10 an hour. in 1967. Add to these wages the plague of seasonal work: the average migrant works only 82 days a year. The total family income for these workers remains far below any rational definition of poverty. It is a cruel anomaly of our society that too many of those who harvest our food suffer from starvation and malnutrition.