48 THE FARMER AND THE NEW DAY 



city have. Better than this, we would encourage the 

 country people themselves in the making of their own 

 recreation. 



Country Planning. The roads, the buildings, the 

 village parks, all of the material arrangements of the 

 country, should be carefully planned. 

 ' Social Welfare. There is need in the country as 

 well as in the city for helpfulness to those not well cir- 

 cumstanced; the insane, the feeble-minded, the poor, 

 the sick, the unfortunate. We can organize better than 

 we have thus far the spirit of helpfulness. It is not 

 enough that we have the neighborly interest; we must 

 also have the skilled aid. 



Morals and Religion. How can we maintain the 

 highest and finest ideals of personal character and of 

 community life? How can we make religion real in 

 the work of the farm and in the living together of the 

 people? How can we assist the country church, the 

 Y. M. C. A., the Sunday School, to be of the largest 

 possible service in the country? 



SOME ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT 



We have outlined the problem of rural improvement 

 in a most sketchy way but we have not yet quite told the 

 whole story. All that has gone before calls for a cer- 

 tain balancing of interests. There are adjustments to 

 be made from time to time. There are diverse inter- 

 ests that have to be reconciled. We never can " solve " 

 the farm problems as problems of arithmetic can be 

 solved. In our search for constant improvement, we 

 find the constant need of establishing new relationships 

 by the people, of developing new methods of doing 

 business. What is right and fair at one time may not 

 be right and fair at another time because of changing 



