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tially a middle-class man. It is this type we 

 must maintain. Agriculture must be made to 

 yield returns in wealth, in opportunity, in con- 

 tentment, in social position, sufficient to attract 

 and to hold to it a class of intelligent, educated 

 American citizens. This is an end vital to the 

 preservation of American democratic ideals. It 

 is a result that will not achieve itself; social 

 agencies must be invoked for its accomplishment. 

 It demands the intelligent and earnest co-oper- 

 ation of all who love the soil and who seek 

 America's permanent welfare. 



