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corn witli greater success than the Argentine. Our 

 cattle are better. With abundant alfalfa all over 

 our land we will be able to more than hold our own 

 against this competition. 



That is the dream of the writer, that he may has- 

 ten the day when alfalfa meadows will be common 

 in nearly every township in the United States, mows 

 filled with alfalfa hay, stacks standing in the fields, 

 yards and corrals filled with good cattle, abundant 

 supplies of manure made ■ available, fields becoming 

 richer rather than poorer, and country people hav- 

 ing w'herewithal to live as country people ought to 

 live, in comfort, sending their sons to agricultural 

 colleges and their daughters as well, both to come 

 back to the farms and there continue the labor of 

 soil-building, field-beautifying and home-making. 



