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home, as will have to be made in the production of 

 animals and plants to reach the mark which has 

 been set above. 



The farmers ask the trained experts to teach 

 them how to make $2 drop into their pockets 

 where only $i dropped in 1899 they want to 

 take their turn at riding, for the men who ride 

 have always led and ruled the world. So long 

 as the world sat down to a good cheap breakfast, 

 furnished by the farmer at less than the cost of 

 production, it turned to the stock and bond sales 

 and the reports of the clearing houses of the 

 previous day for a measure of prosperity; now 

 it turns to the provision column before taking an- 

 other piece of bacon or asking for another egg. 

 It is astonishing how many people have come to 

 take a vital interest in the welfare of the farmer 

 since he has attained a small bank account. Far 

 be it from me, who was once one of them, to make 

 light of this new-found interest. The prices of 

 farm products which result in a fair wage for the 

 farmer in some cases, and in a modest profit for a 

 few will, if continued, do much to precipitate the 

 solution of agricultural problems which have been 

 waiting through the centuries. 



I am writing this here in my little study in Cali- 

 fornia on the twenty-fifth day of April amid a sea 



