,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #fha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,november #h1       
#bjai,mrs4 ,roby submitted the following
 resolution2 which was referred to the  
,committee on ,agriculture  ,,resolution
  ,recognizing the ,national ,peanut    
,festival held annually in ,dothan1     
,alabama1 and the importance of the     
peanut industry in the ,state of        
,alabama and the ,united ,states4       
,whereas ,dr4 ,george ,washington       
,carver1 an ,african-,american          
scientist1 inventor1 educator1 and      
former slave--  7#a7 suggested the      
planting of peanuts and soybeans to     
restore nitrogen to soil left barren    
from cotton production2  7#b7 invented  
more than #cjj products made from       
peanuts2 and  7#c7 became the first     
guest speaker in the history of the     
,national ,peanut ,festival2  ,whereas  
peanut cultivation originated from the  
,incas of ,peru as early as #aejj       
,b4,c41 and spread from ,south ,america 

to ,spain1 ,asia1 and ,africa2 ,whereas1
 in the #agjjs1 ,africans were the first
 to introduce peanuts to ,north         
,americans2 ,whereas1 in the early      
#ahjjs1 the steady growth of peanut     
production altered its reputation as    
food primarily for livestock and the    
poor to a high-protein and well-liked   
food source for ,civil ,war soldiers2   
,whereas1 in the early #aijjs1 demand   
for peanuts grew due to advances in     
harvesting and production methods making
 peanuts and peanut products more easily
 available2 ,whereas ,dr4 ,carver       
recommended peanuts as a crop to rival  
,southern cotton's top commercial       
position1 following its near destruction
 due to the boll weevil2 ,whereas thanks
 to ,dr4 ,carver's instrumental work in 
promoting the peanut in the ,wiregrass  
area of ,alabama1 the ,national ,peanut 
,festival invited him to serve as their 
first guest speaker2 ,whereas1 in #aich1
 the first ,national ,peanut ,festival  
was held in ,dothan1 ,alabama2 ,whereas 

the first ,national ,peanut ,festival   
established--  7#a7 the ,miss ,peanut   
,award1 first won by ,elizabeth ,johnson
 from ,headland1 ,alabama2 and  7#b7 the
 ,volunteer of the ,year ,award1 named  
in honor of the first festival          
president1 ,harry ,p4 ,hall1 and awarded
 annually since its advent2  ,whereas1  
during its #ha years1 the ,national     
,peanut ,festival became an established 
nonprofit organization through a        
resolution passed by the ,chamber of    
,commerce in #aieb2 ,whereas1 in #aiif1 
the ,george ,washington ,carver ,statue 
was dedicated to honor the famed peanut 
pioneer and first guest speaker at the  
,national ,peanut ,festival2 ,whereas   
the ,national ,peanut ,festival moved to
 its current home at the fairgrounds on 
,united ,states ,highway #bca ,south in 
,dothan1 ,alabama1 in #bjaj2 ,whereas   
peanuts remain a significant and        
valuable cash crop grown in the ,united 
,states1 which are-- 7#a7 valued at over
 #a1jjj1jjj1jjj2  7#b7 consumed by      

,american children and adults--roughly  
six pounds of peanut products per person
 each year--as both snack nuts and      
candy2 and  7#c7 used to create peanut  
oil1 a high-quality cooking oil that    
,americans consume at #acc1jjj1jjj      
metric tons annually2  ,whereas         
approximately half of all peanuts grown 
in the ,united ,states originate within 
a #ajj-mile radius of ,dothan1 ,alabama2
 and ,whereas1 in #bjah1 ,alabama peanut
 farmers1 of which there are close to   
#ijj-- 7#a7 produced runner peanuts1 the
 variety that makes up #hj percent of   
all ,united ,states peanut production2  
7#b7 harvested #ahi1jjj acres of        
peanuts2 and  7#c7 produced #djj1jjj1jjj
 pounds of peanuts valued at            
#aah1jjj1jjj3 ,now therefore1 be it     
,that it is the sense of the ,house of  
,representatives that the ,national     
,peanut ,festival held in ,dothan1      
,alabama1 is of remarkable importance to
 the ,state of ,alabama and the peanut  
industry due to its--  7#a7 attendance  

of #bjj1jjj fairgoers over the course of
 the ten-day event2  7#b7 economic      
impact to the town of ,dothan1 ,alabama2
 and  7#c7 celebration of one of        
,america's most important1 useful1 and  
well-loved cash crops4