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hands of the farmer himself to a greater extent 

 than are the social needs. 



THE NATURE OF THE SOCIAL REMEDIES 



As to remedies for the social shortcomings 

 of the open country, only the most general 

 suggestions can be given, but I think that it 

 is fairly possible to indicate some useful 

 points of view. Of course, the fundamental 

 corrective of it all is education, but we should 

 indicate what the nature of this education 

 ought to be. We much need to know how to 

 use our increasing technical knowledge, and 

 to systematize it into practical ideals of per- 

 sonal living. 



It is essential, as I have suggested, that we 

 start with the proposition that farming people 

 be kept on the farm. The centers of interest 

 should be established or re-established in the 

 open country itself, not further concentrated 

 in the town or city. It is easy to see how 

 interest converges in the city or town (page 

 16). Markets are there; roads lead there; 

 trolleys and telephones lead there; the best 



