182 THE FARMER AND THE NEW DAY 



THE COMMUNITY GOAL 



Doubtless the reader, considering the plan of com- 

 munity organization which has been suggested for the 

 first time, will regard it as altogether too ambitious. 

 But it is intended to serve as something to look for- 

 ward to in those communities where a simple method 

 of organization is the only one that is practicable for 

 the present. A little study, however, of the plan as 

 suggested will reveal the fact that the details simply 

 illustrate general principles. The great thing is to 

 have a farming community studying itself, planning 

 ahead, acting as a unit. 



Each community can tell best how to do this. Each 

 community should have an objective or goal somewhat 

 as follows : 



1. Geographically, to map out a natural and con- 

 venient area which permits all the people living within 

 its boundaries to get together frequently. 



2. Economically, a program of the business of the 

 community which is best adapted to secure the greatest 

 efficiency in the use of the land and in methods. 



3. Socially, a group in which the people plan to- 

 gether for self-study, for sociable life, for all forms of 

 improvement. 



4. Politically, a group who, while they may not agree 

 on national politics, are after all willing to study and 

 discuss not only the measures that interest them locally, 

 but the significant questions of the day. 



5. Spiritually, a community or group feeling and 

 sentiment, cherishing the ambition to have all indi- 

 viduals and agencies seeking their own best interests 

 wholly in relation to the interests of the entire com- 

 munity. 



