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those not fanners, yet it is doubtless true that he would be better 

 off if he had more leadership from the rank and file of the farmers. 

 An ideal " Council of Agriculture of the United States" would 

 produce exactly this kind of leadership. 



QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT 



1. Describe and comment on the meeting of the bankers' committee on agri- 



culture in Washington in 1919. 



2. In what sense is it true that the farmers are not mobilized? 



3. What are the two general methods of farmers' organizations securing 



benefits? 



4. Which method has the Grange used, and with what success? 



5. Show to what extent labor and capital are organized. Compare agriculture. 



6. Cite the case of mobilization by the Credit Men's organization. 



7. Show the difficulty of classifying farmers' organizations. 



8. According to two farm paper investigations, what organizations are render- 



ing effective service to their communities? 



9. Give examples of farmers' organizations coming under each of the following 



three classes: Federation; national; local. 



10. Discuss in detail the Farmers' National Headquarters; the National Board 



of Farm Organizations; the American Federation of Farm Bureaus. 



11. What national organization of farmers is over fifty years old? 



12. Discuss the following points concerning the Grange: present status; origin 



and history; second rise to power; economic program; achievements of 

 the Grange; relation to the so-called "granger laws." 



13. Discuss scope and methods of local farmers' organizations. 



14. Discuss in detail the Nonpartisan Political League. 



15. What is the experience of farmers' parties of the past? 



16. Discuss in detail the Canadian Council of Agriculture, and compare with 



Knights of Labor and American Federation of Labor. 



17. What problems of organization now face the farmers? 



18. How ought farmers secure political reforms? Economic reforms? 



19. Show the merits and defects of the following economic devices in organized 



agriculture: strikes; syndicalism; limitation of output; collective 

 bargaining. 



20. How shall farmers secure farmer leadership? 



QUESTIONS SUGGESTED BY THE TEXT 



1. Prepare a short history of each of the five national farmers' organizations. 



2. Do we need an agrarian party? 



3. Discuss the achievements of the agrarian party in Germany. 



4. Would an agrarian party in this country be classed as radical or 



conservative? 



5. How should a federation of all agricultural interests be effected? 



6. Discuss the 1919 movement in the South to limit the cotton acreage. 



REFERENCES 



1. ATKESON, T. C.: "History of the Grange." 



2. BUCK, S. ,T.: "The Grange Movement." 



3. BUTTERFIELD, KsNYON: "Chapters in Rural Progress," Chicago, 1907, 

 pp. 136-162. 



4. COMMONS, JOHN R., et. al: "Documentary History of American Indus- 

 trial Society," Vol. 10, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 



