the business of farming we are just awakening to the fact that the value of farm land la Is rapidly increasing in america ever since tines the discovery of the continent there have been vast tracts of unoccupied land subject to tree settlement until now we have at last filled up the continent and all the land worth till f r ing Is under ownership we are doing much by irrigation to reclaim the arid lards but these are rapidly filled up as soon as they are made tillable relieved Hell eved of the pressure of vacant lands there can be no doubt that the value of farms will continue to rise and the value of farm products will rise with them the present depres slon sion in the commercial and industrial world has caused no drop in the price of farm products no particular de create in the cost of living indeed it has increased it if measured by wages indianapolis star