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has not been affected. Acceptances of the act, however, are being 

 considered in various States, and in a number the assent of the 

 legislatures has already been obtained. For several reasons, it can 

 hardly be expected that a system of this size and complexity can be 

 put into complete operation immediately, and a program of grad- 

 ual development is, indeed, contemplated in the increasing scale of 

 allotments carried in the act itself. Progress under its provisions, 

 however, seems likely to be awaited with unusual public interest, 

 especially at this time when attention is being focused as never before 

 upon all that pertains to agricultural and industrial efficiency as an 

 element of national preparedness. 



