CHAPTER II 

 THE CRISIS IN AGRICULTURE 



Great movements have many forms and find 

 expression in various ways. The beginnings 

 are not clearly defined at the outset, and it 

 often takes a long view and a perspective of 

 years to observe the significance of a great 

 movement, whether it be economic, social or 

 political. Sometimes a mere incident serves 

 to bring the big purpose into view or place it 

 in the foreground and this incident becomes the 

 center of public interest, though it is but a part 

 of the greater chain of important events that 

 are occurring. 



The great economic upheaval of the world, 

 resulting from the World War, has had a tre- 

 mendous reaction upon industries which has 

 been most strikingly shown in its effect upon 

 agriculture, the basic industry. The great 

 changes that have rocked the foundations of 

 centuries of standing and sent tremors through 

 the whole economic structure also shook the 



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