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areas for those who have been left behind on poverty-stricken 

 soils. 



All the while government boards are gathering informa 

 tion to find out what to do next. There are planning boards 

 for the best use of natural resources. Investigators are writing 

 reports on farm tenancy, the timber supply, the quality and 

 use of soils, and so on. 



This phase of the government's activity in agriculture solves 

 only a part of the great problem of land waste. It cannot bring 

 about true and wise land use until the people who use the land 

 understand it. It is for this reason that the government is laying 

 such great stress on organising the people themselves for good 

 land use. The Agricultural Adjustment Administration county 

 and state committees and the Soil Conservation Districts are 

 examples of the development of new institutions of education 

 and self-help in which the farmers learn how to use the land 

 better and work toward a more stable type of agriculture. Land 

 exploitation is now being succeeded by land management. As 

 the government and the settlers were partners in the first phase, 

 so again they are partners in the new phase. From now on it will 

 have to be a cooperative effort for the common good, rather 

 than a helter-skelter scramble for riches, and devil take the 

 hindmost. Too frequently he did. 



PROJECTS 



1 . See if you can find out the value of manufactured products 

 in your town and the value of agricultural products brought 

 into your town. If you live in the country, see if you can find 

 out the value of the agricultural products sent to the city from 

 your area. 



2. See if you can find out how many people in your area move 

 from the country to the city and how many move from the 



