COMMUNITY SPIRIT 



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cooperative enterprises. At the present time they are the 

 richest farming class in Europe in per capita wealth. Sir 

 Horace Plunkett, a celebrated economist, states that 

 cooperation made this wealth possible. 



30. Community Spirit No farmer can realize the fruits of 

 his best efforts without the friendly assistance of all good 

 citizens of the community. If one spends his entire time 

 working for himself, his life soon becomes dull. There 

 are many social duties and social opportunities for country 



COOPERATION OF FARMERS. 

 Grange meeting at a "rural center." 



people. Granges, cooperative societies, rural betterment 

 leagues, educational agencies, schools, churches, are fields 

 in which farmers can profitably take an interest. The 

 ideal farmer is one who not only does his own work well, 

 and is neat and prosperous, but who also takes a lively in- 

 terest in all forms of rural activities that promote the gen- 

 eral wealth and welfare of the community. The farmer's 

 happiness as well as his profits arise from being a part of a 

 neighborhood instead of being merely a resident in it. 



We naturally expect a community consciousness to be 

 more highly developed in the centers of population where 



