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Show "RAISE MORE" IS CRY UTIIK T'nltod States as a whole lias a 1 frtllo soil and as favorable climate as any country In tho world." says W. ' C. Iirown, president of the New York Central I lines. "(liven the same Intelligent methods of , strd sob ct'o-i. fertilization and cultivation," I continues Mr. I'.rown. "our lands will pro- j duee as large crops as those of any other na-' na-' tlon. J "A simple comparison of the average annual an-nual yield per at re of the principal cereals of the country with those of the older nations Is the severest possible criticism cf our methods, or our want of method." Mr, Prown, who spent his boyhood upon tho western frontier as u farmer, points out that during the I st ten years wheat In this country lias averaged only fourteen bufhels per acre, while England averages thirty-two bushels, (lermany twenty-eight bushels, Netherlands thirt -four bushels and France .enty bushels. Of oats this country .average 23.7 bushels, j ,F,ngland 12, Germany 0 and Netherlands 33 bushels Potatoes in the I'nltd Stales average S3 bushels, wnile Germany, pelglum and Great Britain produce averaso It Ids of 230 bushels. |