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can we find the balance between political neglect of the farmers 

 and political revolution among the farmers .' 



The Farmers and Organized Labor. Have these groups in- 

 terests in common or are they absolutely antagonistic? If in 

 common, where do these interests lie? If antagonistic, how may 

 antagonism be allayed ? 



Rural and Urban Aspects of Civilization. There are people 

 who think that the city stands for civilization, that leadership, 

 wealth, organization, power, will reside in the city and take 

 the helm of society's progress. But have the farmers nothing 

 to contribute? Are not the methods of living and of thinking 

 worth something to the common country? One of the most im- 

 portant adjustments is to make it possible for organized farmers 

 in every country in the world to make their fullest contribution 

 in work, in thought, in ideals, to the common welfare of man- 

 kind. 



B. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 

 THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE 1 



THE origin of the Institute is shown in the following letter 

 of H. M. the King of Italy to the Prime Minister H. E. Giov. 

 Giolitti. 



Dear President : 



Mr. David Lubin, a citizen of the United States, has made 

 a proposal to me, with all the ardor of sincere conviction, and 

 it seems to me both wise and useful, and I therefore recommend 

 it to the consideration of my Government. 



Farmers, who generally form the most numerous class in a 

 country and have everywhere a great influence on the destinies 

 of nations, can not, if they remain isolated, make sufficient 

 provision for the improvement of the various crops and their 

 distribution in proportion to the needs of consumers, nor pro- 

 tect their own interests on the market, which, as far as the 



i Adapted from Report of the International Institute of Agriculture, 1015. 



