CHAPTER XI 



THE PRESENT STATUS OF AGRICULTURAL 

 ENTERPRISE 



Every nation has had its farm problem. Virgil 

 was right when he said: 



"Our heavenly lather had not judged it right 

 To leave the road of agriculture light: 

 'Twas he who first made husbandry a plan ; 

 And care a whetstone for the wit of man ; 

 Nor suffers he his own domain to lie 

 Asleep hi cumbrous old-world lethargy." x 



This problem has appeared early and persisted long 

 in the life of nations. The wisdom to find a solution 

 of this problem as it has manifested itself has tested 

 the mental acumen of statesmen. A disposition to 

 ignore this problem, as we have seen, has resulted 

 often in social or political revolutions and economic 

 distress. 



It seems that no nation has ever seriously 

 attempted to formulate a coordinated, constructive 

 farm policy. Governmental policies have been 

 formulated in behalf of national defense, industry 



1 Georgics, Bk. I, 120-125, tr. by R. D. Blackmore. 



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