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bureau through its nation-wide corps of volunteer crop reporters. 

 The " Monthly Crop Reporter" issued by this bureau is also a 

 source of valuable market information (Fig. 65). 



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FIG. 62. Road construction. (U. S. D. A.) 



Fro. 63. Road construction. General view of plant in operation. Note method used in 

 covering concrete, also small number of men used. (U. S. D. A.) 



Five federal laws dealing in a broad way with agricultural edu- 

 cation mark the nation's increasing recognition of the basic im- 

 portance of a prosperous agriculture. These five acts are in brief, 

 as follows : 



