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The next step that immediately presents it- 

 self is in expansion upwards, that is, by im- 

 proved production on the acres now under cul- 

 tivation by the application of better methods 

 of farming, better seed, better live stock, better 

 farm machinery, all directed by a thoroughly 

 educated body of farmers. In this direction, 

 there undoubtedly lie great possibilities and 

 for the last fifty years the development of agri- 

 cultural science has been making strides. This 

 progress has been in the form of increasing 

 production at a rate in keeping with the growth 

 of population and the needs of industry. We 

 have kept up our spirits by reciting constantly 

 the story of the increase in production. "We 

 have boasted of the fact that since the Civil 

 War we have increased our cotton production 

 five times, our wheat production four times, 

 our com production three times, while our 

 population only increased two and three-fourths 

 times. 



We have been gratified to know that we have 

 produced one-fourth of all the wheat in the 

 world, over half of all the cotton, and three- 

 fourths of all the com, with only one-sixth of 

 the world's population. 



But this is now a matter of history and while 



