CONTENTS 



THE RURAL PROBLEM 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I Is THE FARMER COMING TO His OWN? ... I 



II THE CHALLENGE OF THE NEW DAY .... 19 



III THE RURAL PROBLEM 30 



IV FARM PROFITS AND RURAL WELFARE 57 

 V FARMING THAT Is NOT FARMING .... 70 



RURAL ORGANIZATION 



VI WANTED: A RURAL POLICY 84 



VII THE EDUCATION OF THE RURAL PEOPLE . . 106 



VIII THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURE 



AND COUNTRY LIFE 122 



IX THE MAKING OF RURAL COMMUNITIES . . . 142 



X ORGANIZING THE RURAL COMMUNITY . . . 165 



XI THE STATESMANSHIP OF RURAL AFFAIRS . . 191 



A RURAL DEMOCRACY 



XII THE FARMER AND THE NEW DEMOCRACY . .211 



XIII AN AMERICAN PROGRAM OF RURAL RECON- 



STRUCTION 226 



XIV THE URGE OF THE NEW DAY 261 



APPENDICES 



I THE FORUM AND THE COMMUNITY . . . .271 

 II WHAT SOME COMMUNITIES ARE DOING . . . 274 



III PROGRAM FOR FOOD PRODUCTION AND CONSERVA- 



TION 281 



IV AN AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL POLICY . . .291 



