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Show I Farm Facts SJBJ i H Where thcro Is a ello thero lspro3- H perlty. H There la not enough of the commtm- H Ity spirit among our rural districts. H The lawB relating to business are H wholly unsulted'to the transactions I of the farmer. I ,Tho waste of effort through Iniprac- I tlcal methods of farming Is the great- I est tragedy of the age.. I Something Is wrong in our market- Ing system when a small crop brings la more money than a bountiful one. Cooperation between practical far-H far-H mers and proficient buslnesss men H will eliminate Ignorance and preju-H preju-H dice. H The nation's menu must be made up from the fields, pastures, orch-H orch-H ards and gardens, and to farm Intel-H Intel-H llgently tho farmer must know' what H is needed. Bfll ""' " H We must give the. shme careand H consideration to a system of cooper- H atlve laws, extending to the farmer H the facilities adapted to his business H that is now afforded corporations; Lbbbb ma H Farm tenancy Is the greatest men- H ace now confronting the nation and H can only be checked by affording the H tenant and tho laborer facilities for H acquiring property and by reducing H high rates of interest which are now sapping tho vitality of agriculture. H Under tho present system of mar-H mar-H kotlng farm products! it is possible H and often occurs,, that people in one H part of tho United States literally 1 starve for tho want of a product, H whllo tho sumo product in another H part of the nation la wasting for, H want of a market r |