Chapters in Rural Progress · Kenyon L. Butterfield
CHAPTER I
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Movements of the Farm Population
1. Statistical survey. 2. The movement to the West. History, causes. 3. The movement to the cities. a) Growth of cities. b) Depletion of rural population in certain localities. 4. Causes of the movement to the cities. a) Industrial, social, and psychological causes. 5. Results of the movements of the farm population. a) Results both good and bad. b) Resume of industrial and social results.
CHAPTER II
Social Condition of the Rural Population
Nativity; color; illiteracy; families; health; temperance; crime; morality; pauperism; defectives; insanity; etc.
CHAPTER III
The Social Psychology of Rural Life
1. Isolation and its results. 2. The farm home and its environment. 3. Traits of family life. 4. Traits of individual life.
CHAPTER IV
The Social Aspect of Current Agricultural Questions
1. Tenant farming. 2. Large vs. small farms. 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' organizations.
