CHAPTER XIX 
CONCLUSION 
F in the perusal of the preceding chapters the reader 
| has imbibed some of the author’s enthusiasm for 
soil building, crop-growing and love of nature, then 
the mission of this book has borne good fruit. 
There is no grander nor more useful study than the 
study of the soil problem. It is a study that is of more 
vital interest to the public than any other, for the very 
fabric of life depends upon its correct solution. 
Since penning the proem and introduction of this book 
a mighty agitation has swept over and into every part of 
our country regarding the high price of living. 
The price of farm products and manufactured goods 
being higher than known for years, our people are en- 
gaged in a great discussion trying to ascertain the cause 
of these high prices. 
The concensus of opinion seems to be that the chief 
cause of high prices is the fact that too many of our 
people have left the farms for our cities, so the cry has 
gone up that the only solution of the question of high 
prices is “ more producers and less consumers.” “ Back 
to the Farm ” is the slogan. 
Our educational system is faulty. The boy and the 
girl have been educated away from the lines of agricul- 
ture and farm domestic science. 
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