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in a more intelligent and businesslike way. 

 Nature's laws are very ancient and firmly set- 

 tled. The scientific farmer hasn't grafted any 

 new laws upon her code ; he's tried only to get 

 a better understanding of the old so that they 

 might be better observed. The real service and 

 the real inspiration of modern farming lies 

 simply in stimulating the farmer to think about 

 his work to keep his head on the job as well 

 as his hands. There's nothing dark or mys- 

 terious about this "science." The business of 

 feeding the world must go forward. That 

 work is piling up on us with greater and great- 

 er demands. The time is clear past when a 

 surplus of foodstuffs here or there need go 

 unused. Supplies will have to be increased. 

 There's the fact that has brought the farmer 

 fully into the big task. The thinking and plan- 

 ning of the task isn't to be left now altogether 

 to middlemen and distributors. The farmer 

 himself is taking a thinking part. Conditions 

 are compelling him to think about increased 

 production, lowering of costs, elimination of 

 wastes, and saving of profits for himself. The 

 new farmer differs from the "old" farmer only 

 in being trained to think up to the times instead 

 of in the past. They're not distinct breeds, as 



