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and poorer hills, the orgauizing of farm units on a 

 more economic and less patriarchal basis, and prob- 

 ably a still further increase, in such regions, in the 

 size of holdings. With the spread of education, the 

 use of more machinery, the necessity for closer cost- 

 accounting, the facilities for disposal, the farmer's 

 ability and power to produce supplies are increased. 

 He can handle a larger investment than formerly. 

 Consequently the older type of farmer will tend grad- 

 ually to disappear. 



THE APPROACH TO CONSTRUCTIVE POLICIES 



Changes in rural organization and in public poli- 

 cies affecting agriculture are imperative. In ap- 

 proaching the subject, three primary human relation- 

 ships are to be recognized. These are the principle 

 of specialization in industry; the principle of coop- 

 eration or working together; the principle of democ- 

 racy, or the expression of what is best in the indi- 

 vidual. 



The policies of constructive organization resolve 

 themselves into about eight main divisions: 1. the 

 land, and policies for its control ; 2. weather and cli- 

 mate in relation to agriculture; 3. crop improvement; 

 4. live-stock improvements; 5. marketing, manufac- 

 ture and distribution; G. rural educational and social 

 facilities ; 7. investigation and research ; 8. adminis- 

 trative and regulatory functions. It is not the pur- 

 pose to enter into an extended discussion of any of 

 these subjects here. The reader will have caught a 

 point of view on most of them in the preceding pages. 



