230 CHAPTERS IN RURAL PROGRESS 



3. Farm labor. 



4. Irregular incomes. 



5. Farm machinery. 



6. Specialization in farming. 



7. Immigration. 



Part II 



SOCIAL FACTORS IN RURAL PROGRESS 



CHAPTER I 

 Means of Communication in Rural Districts 



1. Importance and status of rural communication. 



2. The new movements for better rural communication. 



a) Highways. 



b) Rural free mail delivery. 

 c} Rural telephone. 



d) Interurban electric railways. 



CHAPTER II 

 Farmers' Organizations 



1. Value of. 



2. Difficulties in organizing. 



3. Forms that organizations may take. 



4. History and work of farmers' organizations in the 

 United States. 



5. General deductions from study of farmers' organiza- 

 tions. 



CHAPTER III 

 Rural Education 



1. Distinction between rural and agricultural education. 



2. The country school. 



