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Show I . r.relh of ttra t ah.U. The basic Industry of this country Is I sg-iculture. In lvj there were 4 S'l ?4l I farms in the country. There are today r. 7 -'. .0 and over, showing an ln-rre-aee in ten years of nearly 1.140.000 farms. This lncre.se has arisen from two ca iee the settlement of government govern-ment lands and the division of great farms. We used to be toi l, ten or fifteen fif-teen year ago. that the farm wers e being consolidated and that the botan- , " la farm would be that of the futurw. s' On the ce.ntrary. since 1 '0. tbe-s has been a constant decrease In the aver-age aver-age all of farms; In that year It waX J"J acrei n 1? l w. 137 acres. |