FARMERS: No Thanks

In an expansive mood, the Department of Agriculture began two months ago a nationwide series of local meetings to let farmers know what it had in mind for their future welfare. While it was on the subject, it also asked for the farmers' suggestions.

The department had wrapped up its own ideas in a book called the Family Farm Policy Review, which contained ample evidence of Agriculture's ample generosity. In fiscal 1951, for example, it had $257,250,000 to pay out in rewards to farmers for making soil improvements alone. This fiscal year, said the report, could be even...

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