The Country-Life Movement in the United States
by L. H. Bailey
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1915]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
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- THE COUNTRY-LIFE MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
- CONTENTS
- THE COUNTRY-LIFE MOVEMENT
- It is not a back-to-the-land movement.
- This book.
- THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT
- A transition period.
- The commission on country life.
- The three fundamental recommendations of the Commission.
- A national conference on country life.
- A voluntary movement.
- The international phase.
- SOME INTER-RELATIONS OF CITY AND COUNTRY
- Some contrasts of town folk and country folk.
- Comparisons of town and country affairs.
- The two minds.
- Will the American farmer hold his own?
- The first two remedies.
- Movement from city to country as a remedy.
- Sending the surplus population to the country.
- Back-to-the-village.
- Can a city man make a living on a farm?
- What the city may do.
- THE DECLINE IN RURAL POPULATION—ABANDONED FARMS
- Significance of the decline.
- The abandoned farms. [1]
- The new farming.
- RECLAMATION IN RELATION TO COUNTRY LIFE; AND THE RESERVE LANDS
- The interests of society in the work.
- A broad reclamation movement.
- Supplemental irrigation.
- We need reserves.
- WHAT IS TO BE THE OUTCOME OF OUR INDUSTRIAL CIVILIZATION?
- (1) The making of a new society.
- (2) The fighting edge.
- THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION IN AMERICAN COUNTRY LIFE
- Agriculture in the public schools.
- The American contribution.
- The dangers in the situation.
- The present educational institutions.
- The need of plans to coördinate this educational work.
- Outline of a state plan.
- A state extension program.
- Special local schools for agriculture.[2]
- The lessons of experience.
- WOMAN'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE COUNTRY-LIFE MOVEMENT
- The affairs of the household.
- The affairs of the community.
- The woman's outlook.
- The means of education.
- HOW SHALL WE SECURE COMMUNITY LIFE IN THE OPEN COUNTRY?
- Hamlet life.
- The category of agencies.
- Community interest is of the spirit.
- A POINT OF VIEW ON THE LABOR PROBLEM
- Reasons for the labor question.
- The remedies.
- Public or social bearings.
- Supervision in farm labor.
- What is the farmer to do?
- THE MIDDLEMAN QUESTION
- Farmer does not get his share.
- Relation of the question to cost-of-living.
- The farmer's part.
- The middleman's part.
- A system of economic waste.
- Coöperation of farmers will not solve it.
- It is the business of government.
- Must be a continuing process of control.
- COUNTY AND LOCAL FAIRS
- Nature of the fair.
- Features to be eliminated.
- Constructive program.
- The financial support.
- An educational basis.
- Ask every person to prove up.
- Sports, contests, and pageants.
- Premiums.
- It is time to begin.
- The fair ground.
- My plea.
- THE COUNTRY-LIFE PHASE OF CONSERVATION
- These subjects have a history.
- They are not party-politics subjects.
- The soil is the greatest of all resources.
- The soil crust.
- No man has a right to plunder the soil.
- Ownership vs. conservation.
- The philosophy of saving.
- The conservation of food.
- The best husbandry is not in the new regions.
- Another philosophy of agriculture.
- The obligation of the farmer.
- The obligation of the conservation movement.
- PERSONAL SUGGESTIONS
- The open country must solve its own problems.
- Profitable farming is not a sufficient object in life.
- New country professions.
- The personal resources.
- The meaning of the environment.
- Historic monuments.
- Improvement societies.
- Entertainment.
- The business of farming.
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