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exclaim, "Ephraim is joined to idols: let him 

 alone." Our hope lies in "the farmer of to- 

 morrow," our young men and women. While 

 we can do much with the middle aged men and 

 women engaged in the business of farming, our 

 chief hope is with the young men and women, and 

 they are already being intensely interested in 

 this education, for thousands of them in all parts 

 of our country are not only receiving this educa- 

 tion, but are putting it into practice, and the re- 

 sults of this educating process are astounding, 

 for in Indiana and other corn states, yields of 

 corn have been increased from twenty to sixty, 

 one hundred or more bushels to the acre, and even 

 in Texas, not considered strictly in the corn belt, 

 the average yield of corn per acre has been in- 

 creased from sixteen bushels to fifty-one bushels, 

 and their cotton crop has been increased from 

 one-third of a bale to one and four-hundredths 

 bales to the acre, all accomplished by these young 

 men and women. Mighty, then, is agricultural 

 education and training, and it must be set down 

 as the main thing necessary in the preparation 

 for the business of farming. 



