40 THE FARMER AND THE NEW DAY 



I. THE PROBLEMS OF RURAL IMPROVEMENT 



1. In methods of controlling the necessary forces 

 and materials of production. 



2. In farm practice, or the production of crops and 

 animals. 



3. In methods of farm management and farm busi- 

 ness. 



4. In methods of farm organization. 



5. In farm life. 



II. SOME NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS 



1. Among the farmers themselves. 



2. Between the interests of farmers and others. 



I. THE PROBLEM OF THE BETTER CONTROL OF THE 



NECESSARY FORCES AND MATERIALS FOR 



PRODUCTION 



1. The Control of the Land Itself. Land owner- 

 ship gives the most complete control. The retired 

 farmer has less control than the owner who works his 

 own farm. The absentee landlord has only a mini- 

 mum of actual control. Land may be owned by the 

 state and leased to the men who work it. We must 

 learn very soon what on the whole is the best method 

 of land control in order that both farmers and con- 

 sumers may have the largest possible benefits. 



2. Land Acquirement. Farmers in America for- 

 merly got their land from the government. This is no 

 longer true to any large degree. It is coming to be 

 difficult for the young farmer to acquire a farm. Only 

 two solutions arc apparent. One is for the govern- 

 ment itself to purchase land and sell it to new owners in- 

 dividually or in colonies with liberal credit and easy 



