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former year he will find in last year's picture an 

 orderly, tolerant, and self respecting assembly. 



Learning thus to respect himself and his call- 

 ing, he is out to command respect on the part of 

 others by developing in the ranks of agriculture 

 men and women of merit. As noted already in 

 another connection, in speeches of prominent, 

 political leaders, the farmer was looked upon by 

 other classes too much as a rustic of simple habits 

 and small mind. The pity of it was that he 

 accepted that judgment, time and again 

 designating himself as "only a farmer." But 

 that is no longer true. His mind is active. 

 He is measuring the intelligence of agriculture 

 against the intelligence of other callings, dis- 

 puting for leadership. Let no one fancy that it 

 is an empty challenge, full of sound and fury. 

 The farmer has the qualities of heart and mind 

 that count, and it becomes a question of patience 

 and wise leadership how far the challenge may 

 be realized in victory. Of the credit for what 

 has been accomplished so far, the U.F.O. can 

 claim a great deal; of responsibility for further 

 development it must bear the immediate 

 brunt. 



In view of that responsibility it is necessary 

 to take cognisance of an imminent danger, 

 threatening serious difficulty, if not destruction. 

 It lurks in political action. Already we have 



