THE TRAINING OF FARMERS 



when they help persons to help themselves 

 and when they stimulate active local initia- 

 tive on the part of those with whom they 

 deal or work. 



The indigenous forces 



If the countryman is to be trained to the 

 greatest advantage, it will not be enough 

 merely to bring in things from the outside 

 and present them to him. Farming is a 

 local business. The farmer stands on the 

 land. In a highly developed society, he 

 does not sell his farm and move on as soon 

 as fertility is in part exhausted. This 

 being true, he must be reached in terms of 

 his environment. He should be developed 

 natively from his own standpoint and 

 work ; and all schools, all libraries, and or- 

 ganizations of whatever kind that would 

 give the most help to the man on the land 

 must begin with this point of view. 



I will illustrate this by speaking of the 

 current country movement to revive sports 

 and games. More games and recreation 

 are needed in the country as much as in 

 the city. In fact, there may be greater 

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