Chapters in Rural Progress

It is impossible to acquire a keen and permanent interest in the rural problem unless one first of all is cognizant of its significance. And lack of knowledge at this point may...

The difficulty of uniting the farmers of America for any form of co-operative endeavor long ago became proverbial. The business of farming encouraged individualism; comparative...

It is almost trite to assert the need of the "socialization"--to use a much-worked phrase--of the country. It is possible that this need is not greater than in the cities, but i...

The gulf between parent and teacher is too common a phenomenon to need exposition. The existence of the chasm is probably due more to carelessness, to the pressure of time, or t...

Among the great phenomena of our time is the growth of the school idea--the realization of the part that the school plays in our civilization and in the training of our youth fo...

The two generations living subsequent to the year 1875 are to be witnesses of an era in American history that will be known as the age of industrial education. These years are t...

All farmers may be divided into three classes. There is the "old" farmer, there is the "new" farmer, and there is the "mossback." The old farmer represents the ancient regime. T...

The only way to an understanding of the relation of the church to rural progress is through an appreciation of the place which the church as a social institution may have among...

In some respects the most notable recent advance in rural matters consists in the improved means of communication in rural districts. The country is relatively isolated, and it...

Agricultural education in this country has thus far been an attempt to apply a knowledge of the laws of the so-called "natural" sciences to the practical operations of the farm....

A decade and a half ago, there was a vigorous campaign for the establishment of university extension throughout the United States. Generally speaking the campaign was a losing o...

One might name a score of important activities that should be encouraged in order to better New England agriculture. But the two fundamental needs are (1) adaptation and (2) co-...

The question of questions that the college student asks himself is, What am I going to be? The surface query is, What am I going to _do_? But in his heart of hearts he ponders t...

The American farm problem, particularly its sociological aspect, has not as yet had the attention that it deserves from students. Much less have the questions that concern rural...

While rural life is often supposed to be fatally deficient in facilities for growth because of its isolation, the women living on our farms are thought to be the especial victim...

Narrowness is perhaps the charge most often brought against American farm life. To a certain extent this charge may be just, though the comparisons that usually lead up to the c...

There is a proverb in Grange circles which expresses also the fundamental aim of all agricultural education--"The farmer is of more consequence than the farm and should be first...

1. Statistical survey. 2. The movement to the West. History, causes. 3. The movement to the cities. _a_) Growth of cities. _b_) Depletion of rural population in certain localiti...

1. Distinction between rural and agricultural education. 2. The country school. _a_) Its importance, organization, maintenance, instruction, and supervision. _b_) The rural scho...

1. Historical. 2. Research in agriculture. 3. Agricultural instruction to resident students. _a_) Higher education in agriculture. _b_) Secondary education in agriculture. _c_)...

1. Present status. 2. Difficulties in country church work. 3. The awakening in the rural church. 4. The institutional rural church. 5. The Y. M. C. A. in the country. 6. The rur...

1. The importance of social agencies. 2. The preservation of the "American farmer" essential. 3. Relation of this ideal to our American civilization. 4. The federation or co-ope...

1. Value of. 2. Difficulties in organizing. 3. Forms that organizations may take. 4. History and work of farmers' organizations in the United States. 5. General deductions from...