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L. H. Bailey. The Country-Life Movement in the United States
The Country-Life Movement in the United States
Table of 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
