THE FARMER OF YESTERDAY 33 



permanent basis. He can't compete with the 

 old order yet. 



Then the price of land is too high! 



Possibly. But if you speak softly, no one 

 will suspect it except the Jeremiahs be- 

 cause seventy per cent, of the farms are still 

 being worked as a means of labor, according 

 to the moon. You can't persuade this seventy 

 per cent, that cost of production means any- 

 thing to them, when they happen to be both 

 delinquent debtor and amiable creditor rolled 

 into one. 



