FEDERATION OF ETJRAL FORCES 



IT is possible for all the foregoing 

 agencies, and many others, to be organ- 

 ized into one or more federations and to be 

 united in a general campaign for rural 

 progress. One of the earliest writers and 

 workers in the federating of rural organi- 

 zations in a comprehensive way was Kenyon 

 L. Butterfield, now president of the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College. Following 

 his suggestion, the New England Confer- 

 ence on Rural Progress was organized in 

 1907. The organization idea, as a force in 

 rural betterment, is well expressed in his 

 book, * ' Chapters in Eural Progress. ' ' 



A successful campaign must come as the 

 result of the uniting or working together 

 of all rural forces within given regions. 

 We already have the beginnings of enough 

 institutions and of sufficient forces to recon- 

 struct our rural civilization if only they are 

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