1 66 THE FARMER AND THE NEW DAY 



existing associated effort, a " round table " on the best 

 ways of developing the best interests of the community 

 and how each agency and each individual can best help. 

 The start may be made by any person or any group of 

 persons that is so minded the Grange or master of 

 the Grange, the school superintendent, the church or 

 the pastor of the church, the farm bureau or the farm- 

 ers' club. It makes little difference what particular 

 form of organization shall be developed. 



It is, of course, necessary that at the outset there 

 should be meetings of citizens to discuss the question of 

 community organization. The whole matter should be 

 carefully explained by some one who really knows about 

 it, so that the community idea may be perfectly clear 

 at the outset. Beyond that, no hard and fast method 

 of organization need be urged. Experience has shown, 

 however, that there are some plans worth adopting if 

 best results are expected. They comprise the follow- 

 ing and each will be discussed briefly: 



1. The Community Council. 



2. Gaining the Facts. 



3. The Community Program. 



4. The Community Meeting. 



5. The Community Center. 



6. The Community Goal. 



THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL THE ONE ESSENTIAL 



It is practically impossible to build a true com- 

 munity and develop its activities fully without some sort 

 of central group which in some way represents the en- 

 tire community and all its interests. The name applied 

 to this group does not matter; it may be called a com- 

 munity committee, a community group, a community 

 federation, or what not. " Community council " is a 



