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Larger Cooperation Nationally. Under one name 

 or another, what, it does not matter, there must be a 

 conferring group that shall attempt to correlate agri- 

 cultural forces. Let us call it a National Council of 

 Agriculture and Country Life unless a better name can 

 be found. Let it be thoroughly representative in its 

 makeup. What could it do? 



1. It could outline a clear-cut statement of the Amer- 

 ican farm problem. 



2. It could develop a plan for ensuring the compre- 

 hensive study and the accurate mapping of the agri- 

 cultural resources of the entire country. 



3. It could make a statement of the main elements 

 in an American agricultural policy that would attempt 

 to secure maximum efficiency on the part of the farm- 

 ers, a fair labor income for their efforts, and the proper 

 relationships of American agricultural activities to the 

 world's need and supply of food. 



4. It could make a program of efforts needed to 

 carry out large policies. It could list the various agen- 

 cies now at work on behalf of agriculture, show what 

 each is doing and indicate how it may fit into the pro- 

 gram. It could recommend improvements, if neces- 

 sary, in existing agencies and organizations. It could 

 seek constantly to secure the cooperation of all these 

 agencies on behalf of the program. 



It may be asked whether such a council should be 

 permanent. It seems to be the only way out. There 

 is a call for a permanent national agricultural general 

 staff, one that is representative of the widest possible 

 range of agencies. It would be inadequate if it repre- 

 sented merely the government or merely the farmers. 

 Unity is indispensable to the most complete agricul- 

 tural advancement and unity can be gained only by uni- 



