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Show ; . Jews as Farmers. ' tiabrlel Davidson, general .manager of the Jewish Agricultural and, Industrial Indus-trial Aid society, .has issued a report concerning Its work. The .society's goal has been, to quote the report, "to build up a substantial progressive and permanent Jewish farming class In this country." Twenty-two years ago, when the organization began to function, there were 216 Jewish farm families In the United States, loday the number exceeds 60.000, In 1SKW the total acreage owned by Jewish fanners was 1 2,029. Today more than 1,000.000 'acres are farmed by Jewish hands, and the real estate and personal per-sonal value of these holdings are Shove $1,000,000.' '' - - ' " - - y. - ( V t r ' |