12 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 



interest, and by the statesman in order that he understand the 

 forces he is proposing to control. The national point of view 

 should be studied by the statesman in order that he may know 

 the extent to which individual interest conflicts with the general 

 interest and in order to know the best means of harmonizing 

 these interests so far as possible. The farmer, as a good citizen, 

 should be interested in the national point of view as well as in 

 the individual point of view. 



