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work, nor can it escape the responsibility of 

 it. It is primarily an internal question. The 

 questions must be attacked just where they 

 exist, and with the sole purpose of solving 

 them for the good of those who meet them. 



The outlook for the hills and remote lands. 



Wherever farming is not now profitable, a 

 special effort should be made to readjust the 

 handling of the lands to the conditions of 

 climate, soil topography, markets and the like. 

 Any one who has traveled much in the north- 

 ern states will have noticed the superior quality 

 of the tree growth and the grass cover in 

 that region. Of course, the unproductive 

 areas, whether on hills or plains, present very 

 many conditions and they may be adaptable to 

 many kinds of agriculture ; but in the particu- 

 lar type of hill land and remote land which is 

 now most in the public mind, I look for the 

 development of at least three strong forms of 

 farming : 



(i) Fruit-growing for export. We have 



developed great skill in the methods of car- 



