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the poor but worthy man can borrow money sufficient to buy him a 

 small farm at least, thereby putting more of the people in permanent 

 homes. — Nodaway county. 



All told, I fail to see the prosperity I read so much about. — Craw- 

 ford county. 



Small farms are starvation and large farms are slow means of kill- 

 ing yourself, if you have everything in tip-top shape. — Iron county. 



If the newspapers and politicians — office seekers — would have any 

 regard for the truth, everybody would be better satisfied. They ex- 

 aggerate conditions and cause unrest. — Clinton county. 



Farmers in this vicinity have materially raised their standard of 

 living. But few live as economically as they formerly did. This is 

 probably due to the prosperous times. As yet, few farmers feel the need 

 of modern conveniences, especially such as running water. Most new 

 houses install a furnace and an acetylene lighting system. — Lafayette 

 county. 



We believe that the future of country life depends largely upon 

 the working out of locally applicable plans of co-operation, perhaps as 

 the cities are working them out, perhaps in some other way. — Livingston 

 county. 



The problem is how to do intensive farming without depleting the 

 fertility of the soil. — Gentry county. 



Owing to the piling up of promiscuous legislation on our statutes 

 to serve special interests, the constitutional guarantee of "life, liberty 

 and pursuit of happiness, ' ' seem to be rather an irridescent dream for the 

 farmer. — Douglas county. 



Less extravagance, more building up of soil, better cultivation, 

 rotation of crops and diversified farming are all suggested. Then we 

 need to raise more calves, pigs and lambs. — Chariton county. 



Farmers lack representation in congress and in State legislatures. 

 Farmers can never hope to come into their own or attain that station or 

 respect to which they are entitled, until they have their full share of 

 representation in legislative bodies. — Camden county. 



The greatest problem is how to feed the people. — Vernon county. 



"We need better schools, enabling the farmer to keep the boys and 

 girls on the farm until they are grown. — Pike county. 



Greater production and less acreage will help solve the problem. — 

 Warren county. 



Not enough farmers keep books. — Greene county. 



The hardest problem is how to keep the boy on the farm. — Scotland 

 county. 



