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farmer in every way possible to raise greater quantities of 

 food and at less cost, so that the eastern industrial centers 

 may not suffer because of their distance from the great food 

 centers or for a market for their own manufactured products. 



The development of eastern agriculture and its consequent 

 prosperity for all persons living in rural districts opens a home 

 market for eastern manufactured goods. The more money 

 that comes to farmers for their products the more money is 

 available with which to buy manufactured products. 



Looking Ahead. 



The principal lines of advancement which we look for during 

 next year on the part of farmers are a more careful study of 

 the cost of production, with special reference to the use of 

 labor-saving devices; an increase in volume of business on each 

 farm, so that the overhead costs may be cut down; a greater 

 co-operation in purchasing supplies and in marketing products. 

 The Agricultural College and the farm bureaus are thoroughly 

 alive to this situation and are doing everything possible to be 

 of assistance. The State Department of Agriculture will be 

 of greater assistance to the extent of its financial resources in 

 developing the agricultural resources of the State, developing 

 markets, grading and labeling products, procuring a more 

 adequate supply of farm labor, eradicating insects and diseases, 

 and offering encouragement to young men and women to 

 make farming as remunerative and attractive as other lines of 

 business. 



We look forward to a gradual rise in land values during the 

 next few years and to a steady demand for the products of 

 the eastern farmer. 



A. W. GILBERT, 



Commissioner. 



