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On May 1, 1960 Verna and I were transferred to Jordan. I would have liked to stayed for another tour, because there was much more to be accomplished with the small equipment, but there was tension between, (TOPRAK SU), the Soil and Water Conservation Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and the experiment station directors. I suspected that Naki was not telling me the full story. My theme song: "You can do it better with what you have and can make, than to import a lot of American machinery." did not set well with the machinery companies in the United States. One of the tractor companies made me a visit, and wanted to know what I was doing as a government employee, interfering with private enterprise.
I was continually pushing for better animal breeding and care. The Ministry of Agriculture and some Americans were trying to be more modern. I felt it was too big a step for the small Turkish farmer, to buy equipment that had to be imported, including oil and gas. I thought that the fastest growth could come with improvement in what they already could support.
Atif Atilla was transferred to TOPRAK SU in 1956. He was always on the job, he knew what to do, and how to do it, and could show others. He is responsible for making the small equipment project a success. (See TURKEY REVISITED, by John Kolars, Professor in the department of Near East Studies at University of Michigan.) TURKEY 1982
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