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Ames Director Warns One Year Lease Endangers Land
Ames Iowa March 18 Director W J Kennedy of Iowa State College exhorts that the farm tenancy system poses greater menace to the nation than war famine and pestilence he blames the one year lease system for agricultural mining of the soil He cites high tenancy rates in several Iowa counties and outlines remedies including long term leases better buildings credit aids and land purchase options England and Scotland are cited as models with tenants tied to communities and responsible for soil fertility
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