
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, October 2, 1993                   TAG: 9310020308
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C3   EDITION: STATE 
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8 S.W. VA. COUNTIES NAMED DRY DISASTERS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared eight Southwest Virginia counties disaster areas because of the summer drought, Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Abingdon, announced Friday.

The counties are Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington and Wise.

The designation makes family-size farms eligible to be considered for low-interest emergency Farmers Home Administration loans. Further information can be obtained from county extension agents.

by CNB