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Show TO AID THE FARMER. Commission on Country Life Will Soon Kc.td Its Firot Meeting. Washington. Tho commission on country life, which President Hoose-velt Hoose-velt nppolntcd a month ugo, Is fully organized and will hold Its first meeting meet-ing probably within a week In this city. Professor Ualley, head of tho New York state collego of agriculture, has accepted tho president's appointment appoint-ment as chairman. livery part of tho country Is represented. repre-sented. Dr. I'!. L. lluttrfleld, president presi-dent of the Massachusetts agricultural agricul-tural collego, represents the east; Henry Wallace of Dos Moines, Iowa, tho west, and Walter II. Pagam, tho magazine editor, who comes from North Carolina, the south. Tho president, In tho letter to Professor Pro-fessor Hnlley, outlined tho genernl lines which the commission will follow' fol-low' to gather all avnllable Information Informa-tion on the present condition of country coun-try life to recommend means of supplying sup-plying such dcllcleuces as arc found to exist, nnd flnnlly to suggest methods meth-ods of organized permanent effort In further Investigation and actual work which will result In mnklng life on the farm more nttractlvo and profit ablo. |