Sinopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1923 edition. Excerpt: ...of rural civilization is what happens to the farm woman. More than we realize, the farm woman is the focal point in our rural civilization. Many thousands of families leave the farm for the town because of the woman's point of view. Many a young man who would like to farm gives up his hope because his wife does not want to live on the farm. So often the woman's work is sheer drudgery, with unending hours and with few social contacts, fewer even than those of the man. The ameliorating effect of the telephone and rural mail delivery and particularly of the automobile is beyond calculation. Nevertheless, the safeguarding of the higher interests of the wife and mother is after all one of the crucial points in a rural program. (7) In general the farmer must have a satisfying country life. He must feel that he has at least a measure of the common comforts of his time, that his family can get an education, that they can have reasonable pleasures,:-:. that they are not looked down upon socially, that they have opportunity to grow. A satisfying country life means that on the whole those who continue to live in the country do so because they like it, or even prefer it beyond any other form of work or living. This large general result is made up of many items, but it is fundamental in a program that gives every farmer his chance. (8) Personal Growth in a Farm Environment. Farming at its best, I believe, will "manufacture men" at least as thoroughly as can city life. For one reason, there is room to grow. The family life may be wholesome, the roots of character may run deep into the soil, and the branches and leaves of personality may stretch out into the free air and sunlight. We have here almost ideal conditions for human living. 7f we can remove...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1923 edition. Excerpt: ...of rural civilization is what happens to the farm woman. More than we realize, the farm woman is the focal point in our rural civilization. Many thousands of families leave the farm for the town because of the woman's point of view. Many a young man who would like to farm gives up his hope because his wife does not want to live on the farm. So often the woman's work is sheer drudgery, with unending hours and with few social contacts, fewer even than those of the man. The ameliorating effect of the telephone and rural mail delivery and particularly of the automobile is beyond calculation. Nevertheless, the safeguarding of the higher interests of the wife and mother is after all one of the crucial points in a rural program. (7) In general the farmer must have a satisfying country life. He must feel that he has at least a measure of the common comforts of his time, that his family can get an education, that they can have reasonable pleasures,:-:. that they are not looked down upon socially, that they have opportunity to grow. A satisfying country life means that on the whole those who continue to live in the country do so because they like it, or even prefer it beyond any other form of work or living. This large general result is made up of many items, but it is fundamental in a program that gives every farmer his chance. (8) Personal Growth in a Farm Environment. Farming at its best, I believe, will "manufacture men" at least as thoroughly as can city life. For one reason, there is room to grow. The family life may be wholesome, the roots of character may run deep into the soil, and the branches and leaves of personality may stretch out into the free air and sunlight. We have here almost ideal conditions for human living. 7f we can remove...
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