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tied up with agents or organizations who can inspect and advise 

 with regard to the best use of capital. Correlative with this is 

 the problem of supervising the manufacture, distribution and 

 sale of agricultural machinery, and perhaps fertilizers, used by 

 farmers, to the end of its economic utilization. 



4. Farm labor, including supply, distribution and condition 

 of employment. 



5. Marketing and distribution of farm products, including the 

 organization of farmers for business purposes. Perhaps no 

 items of policy, other than land problems, were more frequently 

 mentioned by these agricultural leaders than the marketing of 

 farm products and the organization of farmers. The follow- 

 ing is prevalent, that there are large wastes in the distribution 

 of farm products which it is possible to remedy by an intelli- 

 gent agricultural policy, either through government assistance 

 or through farmers' organizations or through both. These 

 problems include transportation, both by highway and by rail- 

 road, wholesale distribution, storage and warehousing, primary 

 manufacturing, and regulation of commissions and trade prac- 

 tices in the handling of agricultural products and agricultural 

 supplies. 



6. Farm life, including conditions in and surrounding the 

 farm home, and community life and surroundings. It is felt 

 that no agricultural programs have sufficiently taken account of 

 the farm home, its construction, sanitation, economic appliances 

 and situation as a part of the farm enterprise as well as a unit 

 in community life. 



7. Community life, including education, religion and recrea- 

 tion. Not very much that is definite was advanced on this topic 

 but strong statements were made with regard to the necessity 

 of better rural school conditions and a more wholesome rural 

 community life, at least sufficient to place the country boy and 

 girl as well as the country adult on the same plane with city 

 dwellers. There is a strong conviction that country children 

 in few parts of the country are receiving the same advantages 

 of education that city children of the same economic class are 

 receiving. The country church was emphasized many times as 

 being an essential factor in our rural policy. Moreover the 



