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2. In the future, what shall be our definite purpose 

 with respect to the control of the farm land? Are we 

 willing that it should go into the hands of large land 

 holders and small tenants, or do we desire to perpet- 

 uate the family-size farm owned and worked by the 

 man who lives upon it? 



3. Shall we deliberately plan for the zoning of agri- 

 cultural production so that each community, county, 

 district, state or region shall grow those products and 

 those alone which it can produce to best advantage in 

 competition with other parts of the country and of the 

 world? 



4. Shall our plans of distributing food products be 

 left to the skill of the individual farmer, dealing with 

 the present transporters and handlers of soil-grown 

 products, or shall we encourage on a large scale col- 

 lective bargaining by farmers, both in buying and sell- 

 ing? Shall we supplement the latter plan with gov- 

 ernment regulation or management or ownership of the 

 machinery of food distribution? 



5. Shall we develop a comprehensive system of pro- 

 tection and insurance, either through government or 

 through cooperative means, with respect to protec- 

 tion not only against insect pests and diseases, 

 but also against fire, flood, drouth, hail, tornado, 

 etc.? 



6. Shall our agricultural educational system attempt 

 to reach effectively every worker on the land ! Shall 

 it include the economic and social problems of Ameri- 

 can farm life ? Or shall it be wholly technical ? 



These and similar queries are matters of fundamen- 

 tal aim and purpose. They lie at the root of a real 

 policy. 



II. A Program. There must be a definite scheme 



