NOTICES RELATING TO CO-OPER.\TION AND ASSOCIATION ^^ 



4. GAIyPIN (C. J.) and SAWTELIvE (D. W.) : Rural clubs in Wisconsin [Wisconsin Sta 

 Bill. 271 (1916) pp. 5S, figs. 22). 



The authors believe that to hve on good terms with others is a part 

 of modern farming, as truly as to know how to farm, and that the higher 

 level of efficiency is reached in the science and art of local agriculture when 

 families know one another well and meet frequently. A strong circula- 

 tion of ideas and impulses is deemed necessary to counteract discontent 

 and the temptation to sell farms and move awa}^ from rural districts. 



The authors state that about one fifth of the farmers in Wisconsin 

 are members of various rural clubs or attend their meetings. They have 

 divided the rural clubs into four typical groups each of which they illus- 

 trate by typical examples. The four groups are those of the farmers' 

 family club, the farm men's club, the farm women's club, and the young 

 folks' club. 



