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HE Biblp lands are sl i l l Leing iarmpcl. For rnoi-e han tourtltousand years conquerors and empires have been sweeping to- and fro over theseoldest of inhabitedparts ol the arth, yettodal onlJ thts armerpursupsheeven "no r of his way. The vprl,names nd historips i som. ol lhp oncevjcloriourempiras re amattef ol dispute among bookworms. Go from the Garden of Edendown into the Tisais and Euphrates Vdley or down the River Niteandyou wil l f ind .hpJ-arest j l l p lowing nd sowirg and rpaping nd thesnepnerd . lpndrng hrs t lock a-nong'hp ruins of hundredsol lor-gottencit ies which. n their day of pride, deemad hamsel\es pef-manpnia.nd l l-powerful. Archapologlslsmay squabbie bout he da{eoJold KingTut's reign, but there can be no question sbout the reign ofthe plow and the shephrd's staff. Though the monument of the oldtemples aDd pyramids have had their boasted nscriptions obliteratedby the gnawing tooth of time, the simple contentment of the unsungfadner folks who have persisted throughout the passirrgof all empireiand civilizations is revealedby t}le smilitg facesof both adults and thechildren.

. Statisticiarls tll us that ninety to ninety-five per cent of peoplegoing nto business ail. Agriculture, even in the most disastrous de-flation known to history, shows no such mortality record as this._ The farm has a two-fold value, namely, the workshop value andthe farm home value. It behoovesus to make this farm horne valueof greater and greater value and to bring to the farmer good schools,especial lyoodhigh schools nd collegps.o bring a co-operarve pir i twhrch romotesopLimism,o see hal hc is sFrvpdwith ever\ modernsenTice.oth of rhe agriculruralcol legF nd his farm burpau.The farmer enjoys an economic ndependencewhich is lossessedby no other producer. In r ppriod ot unsett lpdcconomic bndit ionsthis factor plavsan impodanr part :n Ihe value $hich ppoplparlr.hto the land. Peascntsof Frar(e sa\ed thp nation throuth al l lhe]ear8. The larmers n Cerrnenyhe\c thp:r graneriesand cel larspj ledlull of good things to eat, while their compatriots in the cities arestalving and are unable to purchase or beg enough of the farmers's!mlus1o suslain the;. i ivas. Spven-eighths t E"glands poputat ionlve in thF cit ies. Tbe Land Minislry of l Englend s ourchaiing armsfit l .edwilh buildings osl irg spvFral boulrnd dollarseach n a des-pente efiort to draw back to the farm its jobless city population and

to relieve he complete dependence f England on count_ries cross he8ea or food supply. Most farmers know that vrhatever vicissiiualegraaybe- he fate of monetary systems and of governmental organiza-tions, hey axeassured of food for their famiiias and of shelter:Thereb Doother producer who has this assurance. Moreover, the mod of

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t, the Iarmet's life gives him an independencen orderjDs his ownroullne -wh'ch is unique: no factory whisups or toot Oa Suburbenua-rD atlshjm "wilty-nilly'' lo his work. He ordershis life as he will.l. t ne rs lr-drsposecl-o work, indepdhe will lose,but he doesool losenrs Joo, what other rnduslry or businesshas such salety as landilJiTffll;ii:l,,i:X',"ai:l""J:li.^ii"i"jj'ni":l;"-_,",1"!i:"crry. the restdentsol the congested lums. sing lorih such I ines asuavro uraysons "Adventurps n ConlentmenL?". . "Hoe,/ swee! an emotion is possession: What charm ismnerent to ownership! What a loundation or vanity, eveDlor l,he-greater quality of splf_respect. ies jn a lir i pro+ff*i,lr':'i,l;\f *i"'d"1.l.l;,;;ri""11"T"i,.,rg;1,,'""",iiii:rvroneywe may posseas, n goods or chattels, but thev siveno auch impression of minenpssas the feeling that one;s eel.rpst upon the soil thai is his: that parr of l6e deepearth isnts wlth.al l the water upon t. al l birds or insecrs hat f ly inthc arr above t. all lrees, shrubs-Sowersand grass thal g;owupon rr. a]| h-ouses, arns and fpnces_all his. As I strodearong that a{ternoon T fpd upon possession, I rollecl thesweetmorsel ot ownershipunder my iongue, I can under_srand wht lhe mrser enjoys {he very pbysicalcontactof hisgoio.. Every,sense I .pos-sessed_igh . hparing. smell, touch-reo upon the nw joy."e!,]]"ri'tilliiilixli?'t#;1"il,:6t:lH:Ttr"ili:tj:t.":?i:P:clt["-t P?01"00o.day. l.reametoiv ,ta r" i,.i""t*i i" """itii,:i'1fi,fl:i.lliulfl"if:lfli1.111:;;T,:l i:,,Hi",:B*lT'lH?::i %:t""',i#]"ilflik":1"'iil#tT:ryr'n*r"'iiv " "'",t',"nivi. ro'Lvei,ni"r.a:ifi";;;;; j3"J""TlAir-T",1fil{,,liJfi "x::3TTff::,1",#;'J"lXff,x]"'fli,,"";if;?1,'1,i,"""1fj:r*-{le;gi{:"lT*#i**.Snhi:'tiixi""il:"lil?H,J,t,&iilii:fBfli,lx,,ffii;*Tii,,Htr:Fi#T,"if,t:,I":'"ii3T"*tu""11;.'i;"""119,:"iill;stir,f,r';tiil*iT#"rJ,i"-j$ii",tJ

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