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tional Grain Growers' Association and possibly other 

 similar groups; and among the publicly supported 

 agencies, representatives from the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture ; the Federal Food Administra- 

 tion; the Association of American Agricultural Col- 

 leges and Experiment Stations, and such groups as the 

 Association of Agricultural Economists, the Associa- 

 tion for Agricultural Legislation and the State Market- 

 ing Officials. 



THE HOUR HAS STRUCK 



America was unprepared for war. She is unpre- 

 pared for peace. She carried the war to a glorious 

 end. She will be equal to the demands of peace. But 

 there is no time to lose. We did not have an adequate 

 agricultural program before the war. We did not de- 

 velop one during the war, and we do not have one now. 

 But we are completely competent to make such a pro- 

 gram. There are hosts of men who see the need, who 

 have the vision, who possess knowledge and ideas. 

 These men are to be found among the farmers and 

 among public officials, but their knowledge, their ideas, 

 their vision, their efforts must be correlated. It is only 

 so that we can meet the issue of the hour. The urge 

 of the New Day in agriculture is a definite policy, an 

 adequate program, and the larger cooperation. 



Europe cannot be rehabilitated unless its agriculture 

 is rebuilt. Are the American farmers ready to help 

 in this rebuilding? The New Day will be merely a 

 dream unless the farmer as well as the laborer comes 

 to his own. Education and organization now and 

 evermore are the only doors through which the farmer 

 can pass to his rightful place. 



