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large unified task. There is no other possible way of 

 handling the matter, at least until each country has had 

 a chance to get back to something like normal condi- 

 tions in agricultural production. But why should not 

 this unifying of the world's food supply be a permanent 

 affair? In truth, it is not any longer merely national. 

 There has been much discussion about nations becoming 

 self-sufficing as to food. If we are still to live in prepa- 

 ration for possible future wars, it is vital for national 

 safety that each country should grow as much as it can 

 of its own soil products. But if the world's need is to 

 be met by a world statesmanship, agriculture must be 

 the subject of the wisest planning and the most thor- 

 ough organization. The farmer cannot be omitted in 

 the evolution of the statesmanship demanded for the 

 New Day. 



