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DR. HERMANJANss
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,-,4griculture
Endureth
c[hrough All

Dr. HermanJanss
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AgricultureEndureth'l'hroughAll
B.tr,DR. HERMAN JANss

HE Biblp lands are slill Leing iarmpcl. For rnoi-e Ihan tour
- tltousand years conquerors and empires have been sweeping to
and fro over these oldest of inhabited parts ol the €arth, yet
todal onlJ thtsfarmer pursupsrhe event"nor of his way. The vprl,
namesand historipsoi som. ol lhp oncevjcloriourempirasrre a
mattef ol dispute among bookworms. Go from the Garden of Eden
down into the Tisais and Euphrates Vdley or down the River Nite
andyou will find r.hpJ-arestjll plowingrnd sowirg and rpapingrnd the
snepnerdl. lpndrng hrs tlock a-nong'hp ruins of hundreds ol lor-
gottencities which. in their day of pride, deemad thamsel\es pef-
manpnia.ndall-powerful. Archapologlslsmay squabbieabout the da{e
oJ old KingTut's reign, but there can be no question sbout the reign of
the plow and the sheph€rd's staff. Though the monument of the old
temples aDd pyramids have had their boasted inscriptions obliterated
by the gnawing tooth of time, the simple contentment of the unsung
fadner folks who have persisted throughout the passirrgof all empirei
and civilizations is revealedby t}le smilitg faces of both adults and the
children.
. Statisticiarls t€ll us that ninety to ninety-five per cent of people
going into business fail. Agriculture, even in the most disastrous de-
flation known to history, shows no such mortality record as this.
_ The farm has a two-fold value, namely, the workshop value and
the farm home value. It behooves us to make this farm horne value
of greater and greater value and to bring to the farmer good schools,
especially good high schoolsand collegps.ro bring a co-operar ive lpirit
whrchpromotesopLimism,io seethal hc is sFrvpdwit h ever\ modern
senTice. both of rhe agriculrural collegFand his farm burpau.
The farmer enjoys an economic independencewhich is lossessed
by no other producer. In r ppriod ot unsettlpdcconomiccbnditions
this factor plavs an impodanr part :n Ihe value $hich ppoplparlr.h
to the land. Peascntsof Frar(e sa\ed thp nation throuth all lhe
]ear8. The larmers in Cerrnenyhe\c thp:r graneriesand cellarspjled
lull of good things to eat, while their compatriots in the cities are
stalving and are unable to purchase or beg enough of the farmers'
s!mlus 1o suslain the;. iivas. Spven-eighthsot E"gland s poputation
lve in thF cities. Tbe Land Minislry ofl Englendis ourchaiing larms
fitl.edwilh buildings roslirg spvFral tboulrnd dollars each in a des-
pente efiort to draw back to the farm its jobless city population and
to relieve the complete dependenceof England on count_riesacross the
8eafor food supply. Most farmers know that vrhatever vicissiiualeg
raay be-the fate of monetary systems and of governmental organiza-
tions,they axe assured of food for their famiiias and of shelter:There
b Do other producer who has this assurance. Moreover, the mod€ of
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the Iarmet's life gives him an independencein orderjDs his own

t, roullne -wh'ch is unique: no factory whisups or toot Oa Suburben
ua-rDcatlshjm "wilty-nilly'' lo his work. He ordershis life as he will.
l.t ne rs lr-drsposecl-
to work, indepdhe will lose,but he does ool lose
nrs Joo, what other rnduslry or businesshas such salety as land
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crry. the restdents ol the congestedslums. sing lorih such Iines as
uavro urayson s "Adventurpsin ConlentmenL?"
. . "Hoe,/ swee! an emotion is possession: What charm is
mnerent to ownership! What a loundationfor vanity, eveD
lor l,he-greater quality of splf_respect.Iies jn a lir i pro+

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rvroneywe may posseas,in goods or chattels, but thev sive
no auch impression of minenpss as the feeling that one;sieel.
rpst upon the soil thai is his: that parr of l6e deep earth is
nts wlth.all the water upon it. all birds or insecrsthat fly in
thc arr above it. all lrees, shrubs- Sowersand grass thal g;ow
upon rr. a]| h-ouses,barns and fpnces_all his. As I strode
arong that a{ternoon T fpd upon possession, I rollecl the
sweet morsel ot ownership under my iongue, I can under_
srand wht lhe mrser enjoys {he very pbysicalcontact of his
goio.. Every,sense I pos-sessed_ sigh t. hparing. smell, touch
-reo upon the n€w joy." .

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