CHAPTER XV 

 COUNTRY LIFE ORGANIZATIONS 



An unorganized industry. If King Solomon were living 

 today he might say, "Of the making of many organiza- 

 tions there is no end, and much meeting together is a 

 weariness to the flesh. " This would be true of urban life 

 perhaps, but not of rural life, for the country people are 

 not over-organized. It is not difficult to find hundreds of 

 farmers within community bounds who do not belong to 

 any organization. This ought not to be the case, for the 

 best interests of the farmer and his community are con- 

 served when he is living and working in cooperation with 

 his fellows. The unorganized industries are sure to fall 

 prey to the organized ones, and it will be an evil day for 

 all when rural life in all its aspects becomes subservient 

 to other organized industries because agricultural interests 

 are unorganized and the fanners' individualistic tendencies 

 prevail. 



Organization an evidence of progress. One of the signs 

 that any form of life is advanced in its development is its 

 ability to cooperate in its parts and work in any organized 

 capacity. This may be illustrated in the animal body. Note 

 the differences, for instance, between the body of a sponge 



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