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settlements of one kind and another. Some- 

 thing of the kind can be done in the country, 

 but it will need to be in the nature of better 

 examples of actual farming as a base, with the 

 farmer taking a new kind of enthusiastic inter- 

 est in all the public and organized affairs of 

 his community. The greatest aid will probably 

 come by means of individual effort rather than 

 by large settlement organization. The farming 

 people must be reached through individualism 

 rather than through institutionalism. Men and 

 women may establish themselves as- actual 

 farmers, and while making a living from the 

 land conduct a kind of social effort that is 

 quite unknown in this country today. There is 

 great opportunity for young persons to fit 

 themselves for this kind of work, developing 

 leadership and serving their fellows without 

 the handicap of over-organization, which is 

 likely to be a serious drawback in the highly 

 specialized work of the cities. Nowhere will 

 the individuality of personal leadership count 

 for more than in the country. 



It is important that the country work be 



