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Chapter II. 



Farmers' Organization.s. 



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 study of farmers' organizations. 



Chapter III. 

 Rural Education. 



1. Distinction between rural and agricultural education. 



2. The country school. 



a. Its importance, organization, maintenance, instruction, and supervision. 



b. The rural school as a social center. 



c. The township unit, the consolidated school, the centralized school. 



3. High school privileges for rural pupils. 

 4 The rural library. 



5. Other agencies for rural education. 



Chapter IV. 



Means of Agricultural Education. 



1. Historical. 



2. Research in agriculture. 



3. Agricultural instruction to resident students. 



a. Higher education in agriculture. 



b. Secondary education in agriculture. 



c. Primary "education in agriculture. 



4. Extension teaching in agriculture. 



5. IVIisceUaneous agencies for agricultural education. 



a. Farmers' .societies. 



b. The farm press. 



c. The county paper. 



d. Industrial departments of steam railways. 



Chapter V. 



The Rural Church. 



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 rural Sunday School. 



7. The rural social settlement. 



Chapter VI. 

 The Social Ideal for Agriculture. 



.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 cooperation of rural social agencies. 



