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the angels have to witness occur under these conditions. 

 The only solution is the spirit of community service 

 overcoming the spirit of group pride. 



4. Each institution must in some measure train its 

 own leaders. Relying upon schools and colleges to 

 furnish formal instruction, the agency itself needs to de- 

 termine the sort of men and women it will have in its 

 personnel. Particularly will it seek to develop all la- 

 tent leadership within its ranks. 



II. THE ORGANIZATION OF AGRICULTURE BY SUB- 

 INDUSTRIES 



Perhaps the most important single step in the organ- 

 ization of American agriculture is the organization of 

 sub-industries or producing groups. By sub-industries 

 is meant wheat growing, cotton growing, apple grow- 

 ing, dairying and so on. This feature of rural organ- 

 ization, so characteristic of agriculture in Europe, has 

 not gone very far in the United States. In the earlier 

 days, the old horticultural societies, live stock associa- 

 tions, etc., were educational in character. Later there 

 grew up quite highly developed associations of breed- 

 ers of various kinds of pure bred live stock. Their 

 purposes were not always clearly defined but among 

 them that of pushing the sale of their particular breed 

 of stock was prominent. In some parts of the country 

 the dairymen are becoming organized. There are 

 several associations of grain growers and producers of 

 beef cattle that are doing vigorous work. But as a 

 rule the field of effort of these organizations is limited. 

 Perhaps the nearest approach to a complete organiza- 

 tion of a sub-industry or a group of sub-industries is 

 found in the work of the California Fruit Growers' Ex- 

 change, through which the citrus fruit growers of Cal- 



