THE QUESTIONS 53 



X. Have the farmers in your neighborhood 

 satisfactory facilities for doing their busi- 

 ness in banking, credit, insurance, etc.? 

 XI. Are the sanitary conditions of farms in your 



neighborhood satisfactory? 



XII. Do the farmers and their wives and families 



in your neighborhood get together for 



mutual improvement, entertainment and 



social intercourse as much as they should? 



What, in your judgment, is the most important 



single thing to be done for the general betterment 



of country life? 



Note: Following each question are the sub-ques- 

 tions: 



a. Why? 



b. What suggestions have you to make? 



short, all men and women whose life work is done either on the 

 farm or in connection with the life work of those who are on the 

 farm. 



You know better than I what topics you will suggest. How 

 would it do to include such topics as: 



The efficiency of the rural schools; 

 Fanners' organizations; 

 The question of farm labor; 

 The need of good roads; 

 Improved postal facilities; 

 Sanitary conditions on the farm. 



Your purpose is neither to investigate the farmer, nor to in- 

 quire into technical methods of farming. You are simply trying 

 to ascertain what are the general economic, social, educational 

 and sanitary conditions of the open country, and what, if any- 

 thing, the farmers themselves can do to help themselves, and 

 how the Government can help them. To this end your especial 



