11.   He was at his best stumping in the countryside, where he promised to build more schools and hospitals, reactivate the farm economy and help the poor.

12.   High school graduation sends youngsters away, fleeing a crumbling farm economy of empty stores and unfilled parking spaces.

13.   Most of the co-ops merged with others to weather difficult times in the farm economy, said Justin Darisse, a spokesman with the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives.

14.   On Friday, Fleischer said, agricultural leaders from all sectors of the farm economy will meet in Texas with Bush.

15.   The fall has been particularly steep the last few years as the U.S. farm economy faced a world glut of farm products and some historically low prices.

16.   The effort to avoid further problems continues to ripple through the farm economy.

17.   The farm economy at home was stagnant at best, with pollution killing the fishing industry and irrigation made difficult by the draining of Chapala Lake by nearby plants.

18.   The farm economy is now just one more issue over which congressional Republicans and Democrats are ready to fight in an election year.

19.   The federal government has spent hundreds of billions of dollars on price-support programs intended to prevent the farm economy from drowning in its own abundance.

20.   The whole farm economy is down, he said.