io THE FARMER AND THE NEW DAY 



merely shows that for each person employed in agri- 

 culture in America, there are more unemployed de- 

 pendents than there are in other countries. 



Index of productivity per person: 



For each American dependent upon agriculture. . . . 1004 



For each German dependent upon agriculture 685 



For each Briton dependent upon agriculture 425 



For each Frenchman dependent upon agriculture . . 406 

 For each Italian dependent upon agriculture 230 



Index of productivity per person: 



For each American engaged in agriculture 292 



For each Briton engaged in agriculture 126 



For each German engaged in agriculture 119 



For each Frenchman engaged in agriculture 90 



For each Italian engaged in agriculture 45 



RIFTS IN THE LUTE 



But there has been another side to the story. The 

 pioneer experiences were trying, often discouraging, 

 not seldom heart-breaking. There have been poor 

 farmers both on poor land and on good land, as well 

 as good farmers on poor land, with resulting ineffi- 

 ciency. Farming regions have competed for the mar- 

 kets. Financial returns have often been meager, many 

 total failures have ensued, mortgages have been fore- 

 closed, women have gone insane from isolation and 

 drudgery. These and other discouragements have 

 from time to time resulted in organized protest; the 

 great farmers' organizations of the country have all 

 grown out of the spur of disadvantages to masses of 

 farmers. The dissatisfaction of farmers was peculiarly 

 acute during the period from about 1875 to 1895. 



