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tion, management, skillful handling are what make the 

 home effective. Organization is not a cold-blooded 

 piece of efficient machinery. Good organization takes 

 into consideration the human factors, and in the home a 

 large part of the management of organization consists 

 in the tact and affection and vision of the home maker. 



3. The Neighborhood. The National Council of 

 Defense recently issued a nation-wide appeal for the or- 

 ganization of school districts which are virtually neigh- 

 borhoods of farmers. Much good will come from this 

 effort. But it is a very grave question as to whether so 

 small a group as live in a school district or farming 

 neighborhood can be organized effectively, although 

 there is no reason why such neighborhoods should not 

 cooperate in every way possible for their common inter- 

 ests. 



4. The Local Community. Here we come to one of 

 the most important matters connected with rural im- 

 provement. The organization of the local farming 

 community is in some ways the biggest single enterprise 

 for the farmer in the New Day. This is so significant 

 that we shall devote considerable space to it. It means 

 the effort to persuade all the people and all the local 

 associations and agencies of the community to pull to- 

 gether for the common good. By " community " is 

 meant that local area, not always clearly defined, which 

 has or may have its own school and church and organ- 

 izations, a region large enough to organize well and 

 small enough so that everybody may become ac- 

 quainted. 



5. The County or District. It might be better, the- 

 oretically, if the natural farming districts could be set 

 apart for organization purposes, based on the presence 

 of a central market town. But the advent of the 



