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tially a middle-class man. It is this type we 

 must maintain. Agriculture must be made to 

 yield returns in wealth, in opportunity, in con 

 tentment, in social position, sufficient to attract 

 and to hold to it a class of intelligent, educated 

 American citizens. This is an end vital to the 

 preservation of American democratic ideals. It 

 is a result that will not achieve itself; social 

 agencies must be invoked for its accomplishment. 

 It demands the intelligent and earnest co-oper 

 ation of all who love the soil and who seek 

 America's permanent welfare. 



