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Rh awakening to the fact that agriculture is an occupation that needs the best attention and the best brains that can be given to it. Too long has the farmer’s life been pictured as unattractive, unremunerative, and something that the young men and young women should shun. Lately, however, the Government, the bankers, the carriers, and people generally have awakened to the fact that it is important to improve living conditions on the farm and to increase the productivity of the farm. Progress has been made, but much remains to be done to help and encourage the farmer and his family and to increase the product from each acre.

For many years the attention of thoughtful men has been directed to our monetary policy, and the mantle of government protection has been thrown around our banking methods, and every reasonable effort made to safeguard that important business. There are some weak spots in our system which it is hoped will be cured in due time.

The third great agency, that of the carrier, Rh