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(a) Political representation of agriculture in the state and 

 nation ; 



(b) Corporations of farmers for collective bargaining and 

 for other economic purposes ; 



(c) Control of prices of agricultural products, trade and 

 commercial practices in distribution ; 



(d) Land, land settlement, immigration and the financing 

 of the farm enterprise; 



(e) Taxation of land and farm equipment; 



(f) The unearned increment in land; 



(g) The development, utilization and conservation of soil 

 and other natural agricultural resources, fertilizing 

 materials. 



(h) Exportation of raw agricultural products, especially 

 those suitable for the feeding of live stock ; 



(i) Material agricultural encouragement, tariffs, bounties, 

 subsidies, agricultural advice and assistance, loans, etc. 



(j) The ownership and control of means of transporta- 

 tion and distribution, including highways, railways, 

 storage facilities, manufactories of agricultural prod- 

 ucts and other distributing agencies and institutions ; 



(k) Rural education and agricultural education, both for 

 children and for adults ; 



(1) Rural health and sanitation; 



(m) Means of rural communication; 



( n ) Rural policing ; 



(o) Government employment agencies for employing agri- 

 cultural labor; 



(p) Agricultural trade and commerce, foreign and domes- 

 tic; 



(q) Agricultural credit. 



IX. The Coordination of the Economic, Educational and 



Administrative Forces in Agriculture. 

 Some definite steps should be taken to coordinate 

 i. The agricultural colleges, experiment stations, extension 

 services and the United States Department of Agriculture 



