Mr.Malden's view of the relation of the former to the rest of the community is one that is not uncommon among farmers.but is seldom adquately expressed.He says that 'the farmer has every one as a critic'and that he has to carry on an eatremely complex business and an unending war withthe climate.in face of the freely expressed opinions of the mass of his uninstructed fellow-countrymen.Open critism.even when it is ill-informed.matters very little whenit is not accompanied by power of one sort or another. In this case of the farmer.the critics represent that urbon majority which must influence the political views of any government to a very great degree.Farming and politics are widely removed from each other in most respects,but political neglect or misunderstanding can make the farmer's task very much more difficult than it need be.