TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



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COUNTRY LIFE IN NEW ENGLAND 1 



Farm Life a Century Ago .... Ethel Stanwood Bolton . 1 

 Intemperance in Colonial Days . . Percy Wells Bidwell . . 13 

 What Awaits Rural New England . Thomas Nixon Carver . 16 

 Facts New England Faces . . . Hampden County Im- 

 provement League . 20 



Agriculture in New England . . . Kenyan L. Butterfield . 20 



Bibliography 25 



CHAPTER II 



THE DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTRY LIFE IN THE WEST .... 27 

 The Middle West The Fiber of the 



People Edward Alsworth Ross . 27 



The Significance of the Frontier in 



American History ..... Frederick Jackson Turner 29 



The Spirit of the Pioneer .... Eay Stannard Baker . . 34 



The Passing of the Frontier . . . James Bryce .... 35 



The Great Southwest . . . . . Eay Stannard Baker . . 36 



Life in the Corn Belt Thomas Nixon Carver . 38 



Bibliography 44 



CHAPTER III 



THE OLD SOUTH AND THE NEW 46 



Social Conditions of the Old and the 



New South PHilip Alexander Bruce . 46 



Our Carolina Highlanders . E. C. Branson ... 58 



The Rural Negro and the South . . Booker T. Washington . 65 



Following the Color Line .... Eay Stannard Baker . . 69 



Bibliography 72 



CHAPTER IV 



THE IMMIGRANT IN AGRICULTURE 75 



1 Immigration in Agriculture . . . John Olsen .... 75 



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