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tires to town, and he becomes a stationary citi- 

 zen, adding a social problem to the town. He is 

 likely to find his expenses increasing and is 

 obliged to raise rents to his tenant, thereby mak- 

 ing it more difficult for the man who works on the 

 land. On his death his property enriches the 

 town rather than the country. The withdrawal 

 of the children from the farms detracts from the 

 interest and efficiency of the country school and 

 adds to the interest of the town school. Thus 

 the country is drained of the energy of youth on 

 the one hand, and the experience and accumula- 

 tion of age on the other, and three problems more 

 or less grave are created : a problem for the town, 

 a problem for the public school, and also a prob- 

 lem of tenancy in the open country. 



The farming interest is not as a whole re- 

 ceiving the full rewards to which it is entitled, 

 nor has country life attained to anywhere near 

 its possibilities of attractiveness and comfort. 

 The farmer is necessarily handicapped in the de- 

 velopment of social life and in the conduct of his 

 business because of his separateness, the small 

 volume of his output, and the lack of capital. 

 He often begins with practically no capital, and 



