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AGRICULTURAL 

 ASSOCIATION 



AND 99 COUNTY FARM BUREAUS 







IS NOT ALWAYS 



GOLDEN 



The farmer has been, by tradition, a quiet sort of fellow. 

 And because in the past he has said little, in an organized 

 way, people of the cities have known too little about his 

 problems .... his high labor costs, his risks, his heavy in- 

 vestment, his long hours. And people ignorant of his problems 

 have sometimes been unsympathetic to his needs. 



Today, through his Farm Bureau, -the farmer has acquired 

 a voice — a voice that is heard not only in Washington and 

 Springfield among the policy-makers, but heard and respected 

 along the quiet streets of Middletown, by the butcher, the 

 baker and the candlestick maker. Today in an organized, 

 professional way, the farmer is making his position understood 

 among the Americans he serves so well. 



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