7. To show the value of healthy rivalry and cooperation 

 in producing and marketing crops. 



8. To train farm managers and home makers. 



9. To vitalize school work. 



10. To develop manhood and womanhood. 



Rural Social Surveys. The first recommendation of the 

 Commission on Country Life was that surveys should be tak- 

 en of rural communities. In order to get the most out of a 

 survey we must know definitely what information we desire, 

 the best means of securing it, and we must be open minded, 

 that is, we must not be trying to prove ideas which we already 

 have. The principal kinds of survey are (1) the farm survey, 

 setting forth business conditions and methods of farming, 



(2) the rural school survey, testing the efficiency of the schools 



(3) the rural church survey, (4) soil surveys, (5) general so- 

 cial surveys. An interesting bulletin entitled "Social Surveys 

 of Rural School Districts" has been prepared by C. J. Galpin of 

 the University of Wisconsin and County Superintendent George 

 W. Davies of Sauk county, Wisconsin. This bulletin may be 

 had on application to the University of Wisconsin and should 

 be in the hands of every teacher. The general plan of the sur- 

 vey as outlined is as follows. The survey is made by the teach- 

 er and the pupils. The facts collected are those which bear on 

 the history of the district, those which relate to farm progress, 

 those which relate to the manufacturing interests of the com- 

 munity, as mills, shops, factories, etc., facts relating to so- 

 cial development, facts relating to local government. An 

 accurate record is kept of the information and later 

 it is reduced to maps of which many kinds may be 

 made to set forth the facts learned. Thus we may have a 

 cow map, sheep, swine, and poultry maps, to show the number 

 of each in the district, maps to show the number of acres of 

 corn, silos, creameries, cheese factories, soils, home improve- 

 ments, etc. These surveys give not only the teacher and chil- 

 dren a better knowledge of the neighborhood in which they 

 live but also the fathers and mothers. Such surveys connect 

 subjects such as civics, geography, history, arithmetic now 



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