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The Rural Church the Guiding
Star of Progress.
THE NEW RURAL CIVILIZATION
By P e te r Radford.
Lecturer National Farmers' Union.
W e a re c o n fro n tin g a new ru ra l
civilization. I t is so rad ically differ
e n t from th e life of th e p a s t th a t It
m ay w ell be called new , n o t m erely
b ecau se of its c h a ra c te ris tic s , b ut be
ca u se of Its triu m p h in r u ra l co-opera
tio n an d lea d e rsh ip . T h e u tilizatio n
of m odern ag en cies, an d th e ubs of
farm m achinery h ave g re a tly In c re a s
ed th e efficiency of th e farm ers,
b ro ad en ed th e ir vision an d m ade life
m ore sa tisfy in g .
T h e m ost se rio u s en em ies to co u n
tr y life a re Iso latio n and d ru d g e ry , and
p e rh a p s th e w o rse of th e tw o is Iso
lation. It is th e cu rse of th e coun
try . T h e h u n g e r of young people for
co m p an io n sh ip h as been d isre g a rd e d
an d in v a rio u s w ays th e social in
s tin c ts h av e had th e ir revenge. T h e
fru its of m odern In v en tiv e skill and
e n te rp ris e h a v e en rich ed c o u n try life
and afforded th e fa c ilitie s of b a n ish
ing fo re v e r th e e x trem e Isolation
w hich used to vex th e farm h o u se
hold of th e p ast. T h e te le p h o n e Is a
g re a t social a s s e t In th e ru ra l hom e;
th e ru ra l fre e d eliv ery b rin g s th e
w o rld 's daily m essag e to th e door; th e
parcel p o st d e liv e rs ten m illion p ack
ag es p er an n u m a t a h a lf m illion
hom es, an d th e au to m o b ile a n n ih ila te s
d ista n c e m alting Isolation a my'.h.
T h e b u ild in g of public h ig h w ay s h a s
b ro u g h t c o m m u n itie s an d farm -hom es
c lo ser to g e th e r.
T h e S lave of D rudgery.
I t Is a d ra m a tic m o m en t on th e
farm w hen m ach in ery e m a n c lp a 'e s
th e sla v e of d ru d g ery . T h e evolution
of farm m a c h in ery is a con tin u ed
sto ry of h u m an in g en u ity . O ne m an
now, by th e aid of m odern m echanical
devices, can do a s m uch a s five o r
te n m en u sed to p erfo rm an d th e
w ork is le ss b u rd en so m e an d m ore
fa sc in a tin g . T h e m iracle of co n q u est
w ill lift th e c u rse of d ru d g e ry th a t
h a s c ru sh e d th e co u rag e o u t of fa-m
bovs and cau sed them to r e tr e a t to th e
citie s
T h e re are m any la b o rs a v in g
devices for th e hom es th a t can reliev e
th e w ife of b ack -b reak in g ta s k s. L a
bor-saving m ach in ery h a s w ro u g h t
e d u c a tio n a l p ro b lem s th a t h a v e e n
gaged th e a tte n tio n of th e boye, re
lieved th e housew ife an d added new
eco n o m ies an d v alu es to farm in g » id
h a s ta k e n aw ay se lf p ity an d given
them a g e n u in e pride in th e ir calling
W e n eed to ta k e full a d v a n ta g e of
th e s e facilitie s.
C o-operation th e Key-Note.
O ne te s t o f m odern civ ilizatio n le
th e c a p a c ity for co-operation
T he
■elfish d a y s of th e in d e p e n d e n t te rm
e r a re rapidly p assin g an d we e r e be
gin n in g to e e tc b tb e vision and eh are
th e p ro fits of o rg an ised efforts. T h e re
a re m any farm m ach in es a d a p te d to
se rv in g a co m m unity, b u t o rg a n iz a
tio n o f fa rm e rs is req u ire d to p u r
ch a se and o p e ra te th em on a co-oper
a tiv e basts, an d new law s a re needed
to p e rm it th e s e tra n sa c tio n s .
New T a sk s fo r th e R ural C hurch.
T h e r u ra l c h u rch h a s been slow te
a d ju s t Itse lf to th e new o rd e r of
th in g s.
T h e c h u rc h e s a r e d isc o v er
ing new o p p o rtu n itie s fo r serv ice,
b ro a d e r co m m u n ity u se fu ln e ss and a
g r e a te r so c ial m ission. T h e ch u rch
T he Local P a p e r a M ost Useful
A gency on th e F arm —T he P ress,
P u lp it an d School a T rin ity of
Influence T h a t M ust Be
U tilized in Building
A gricu ltu re.
By P e te r R adford.
Lecturer National Farmers' Union.
m u st gird Itself for new ta s k s and
u n d er a new virile ty p e of lea d e rsh ip
u n d e rta k e re a l co m m u n ity b u ild in g
w ith th e n r d ern c h u rch a s th e c e n te r
of ac tiv ity an d so u rce of in sp iratio n
and g uidance. T h e triu m p h o v e r iso
lation sn ^ th e y o .d u p i. e m a rc ln a tie n
from d ru d g ery , th e d ev elo p m en t of
good roads, telep h o n es, ru ra l m all se r
vice and th e w onderful ev o lu tio n of
farm m ach in ery m ake fo r relig io u s
ad v an ce m e n t. T h e In c re a se In in tel
ligence, new social co n scio u sn ess,
grow ing s p irit of c o o p e ra tio n , added
efficiency of ru ra l In stitu tio n s, cn ar-
ac te r, hom e b uilding an d b e tte r ru ra l
m orals afford o p p o rtu n itie s for a com
m u nity-serving ch u rch to d e m o n s tra te
Its pow er. T h e ru ra l c h u rch to fu l
fill its m ission m ust sw in g a ro u n d It
th e Influences for p ro g ress.
A broad cam p aig n of p u b licity on
th e su b je ct of ru ra l life is n eed ed In
th is s ta te to d ay to b rin g th e problem s
of th e fa rm e rs to th e fo refro n t. T h e
oi cne c o u n try , placing o eio re tn e puo-
c ity problem s a r e blazoned upon th e
11c th e daily pro b lem s of th e fa rm e rs
fro n t pages of th e m e tro p o lita n d all
ies an d echoed In th e co u n try p ress, and giving first a tte n tio n to th e leg
islativ e, co-operative, ed u catio n al and
b ut th e tro u b le s of th e fa rm e rs are
social n eed s of th e a g ric u ltu ra l cla sse s
seldom told, ex cep t by th o se w ho
w ithin its re sp e c tiv e com m u n ity .
seek to profit by th e story, an d th e
T h e P ow er of A d vertisin g .
g litte r of th e p ack ag e o fttlm e s ob
sc u re s th e su b sta n c e . A se a rc h in g in
T he influence of a d v e rtisin g is c le a r
v e stig a tio n In to th e n eed s of th e ly visible In th e hom es an d h a b its of
fa rm e rs will rev eal m any in h e re n t d e th e fa rm e rs an d th e a d v e rtisin g col
fects In our econom ic sy stem th a t can um ns of th e p re ss a r e m ak in g th e ir
be easily rem ed ied w hen p ro p erly u n Im p rin t upon th e lives of o u r people.
d ersto o d and Illu m in ated by th e pow T he fa rm e r p o sse sse s th e th in g s th a t
e r of th e press.
a re b est a d v e rtise d .
T h e ru ra l p ress, th e pulpit and th e
T h e fa rm e r Is e n title d to all th e
school a r e a tr in ity of pow erful In a d v a n ta g e s and d ese rv e s all th e lux
fluences th a t th e fa rm e r m u st utilize u rie s of life. W e need m o re a rt, sc i
to th e ir fu lle st c a p a c ity b efo re h e can ence and u se fu l fa c ilitie s on tb e
occupy a co m m an d in g position in public farm s, an d m any hom es an d fa rm s
affairs. T h ese g ig an tic ag en cies a re a r t well k a 'a n c s d In tb ls resp ec t, b u t
o rg an ized In ev ery ru ra l com m unity the a d v e r tis e r can re n d e r a se rv ic e
a n d only aw ait th e p a tro n a g e an d co by te a c h in g th e a d v a n ta g e s of m odern
o p e ra tio n of th e fa rm e rs to fully de eq u ip m en t th ro u g h o u t th e co lu m n s of
velop th e ir e n erg y an d u se fu ln e ss. th e ru ra l p re ss
T hey a re local fo rce s w o rk in g for
th e b e st In te re s ts of th e ir re sp e c tiv e
T h e fa rm e rs a re In n eed of p erso n
com m unities. T h e ir w ork is to build al le a d e r s h ip T hey h av e p o litical lead
and th e ir o b je c t Is to serve. T hey ers, b ut th e y need local in d u stria l
p ro sp e r only th ro u g h th e develo p m en t com m unity an d e d u c a tio n a l lead ers.
an d p ro sp e rity of th e com m unity.
Evorv farmer In th is s ta te sh o u ld ]
It Is an a d m itte d econom ic fact th a t
su b sc rib e for th e local p a p e r as w ell
th e re can be no p e rm a n e n t p ro sp e rity
a s farm p erio d icals an d such o th e r
w ith o u t a p e rm a n e n t a g ric u ltu re .
p u b licatio n s a s h e m ay find profitable,
b u t h e should, by ail m eans, su b sc rib e
An up-to-date fa rm e r m u st h av e an
for his local p ap er, and no hom e
a c c u ra te know ledge of to d ay and a
should be w ith o u t It. T h e local p a p e r
c le a r vision of tom orrow .
Is p a r t of th e co m m u n ity life an d th e
e d ito r u n d e rs ta n d s th e fa rm e r’s p ro b
In th is ag e of a d v a n c e m e n t In a g ri
lem s. It Is th e local p re ss th a t will
cu ltu ra l sc ie n c e th e re Is no ex cu se fo r
stu d y th e local pro b lem s and th ro u g h
soil d ep letio n to f u rth e r m en ace th e
Its colum ns deal w ith su b je c ts of m ost
n a tio n 's p ro sp erity .
v ital Im p o rtan ce to local life of th e
com m unity.
Soil is not a dead In e rt su b stan ce,
A N oble T ask .
In too m any In sta n c e s th e c o u n try
p a p e rs m im ic th e c ity p re ss by giv
ing p ro m in en ce to sc an d als, a c c id e n ts
an d political a g ita tio n . T h e new r u
ral civilization h a s placed upon th e
ru ra l p ress re n e w e d re sp o n sib ilitie s,
and en larg ed p o ssib ilitie s for u se fu l
ness. It e n n n o t p erfo rm Its m ission
to a g ric u ltu re by re c o rd in g th e fra il
tie s, th e m ish ap s an d In o rd in ate a m
b itio n s of h u m a n ity , o r by filling Its
colum ns w ith th e ech o es of th e s tru g
gles of busy stre e ts , o r by e n c h a n tin g
sto rie s of city life w hich lu re ou r
c h ild re n from th e farm .
It h as a h ig h e r an d n o b ler ta s k
Too o ften th e p ag es of th e c ity d allies
b ris tle w ith th e stru g g le of am b itio u s
m en In th e ir wild lu s t to r pow er, and
m any tim es th e flam es of p erso n al
conflict s e a r th e te n d e r buds of new
civ ilizatio n an d illu m in a te th e p a th
w ay to d e stru c tio n . T h e ru ra l p re ss
le th e govern in g pow er of public s e n ti
m ent and m u st bold ste a d fa s t to
p rin cip le and k eep th e ahip of e ta te
In th e ro a d ste a d of p ro g ress. T h e
ru ra l p re ss can b est se rv e th e In te r
e s ts of th e fa rm e rs by ap p ly in g Its
e n e rg ie s to th e so lu tio n of problem s
affe ctin g th e local com m unity. It
m ust stem th e m ig h ty life c u rre n t
th a t Is m oving from th e farm to th e
c itie s, sw eep in g b efo re it a th o u sa n d
boys an d g irls p e r day. It h as to deal
w ith th e fu n d a m e n ta l pro b lem s of
civilizatio n a t th e ir fo u n tain head. Its
m ission Is to d ire c t grow th, te a c h e f
ficiency an d m old th e In te lle c tu a l life
as m any suppose. It Is an activ e, virile
force, full of en erg y end pow er and
the fa rm e r should know hla soil If he
would m a in ta in its p ro d u ctiv en ess.
A g ric u ltu re Is recognized as th e
g re a te s t of all In d u stries and a pros
perous. p ro g re ssiv e and en lig h ten ed
a g ric u ltu ra l p< re la tio n Is th e s u re s t
sa fe g u a rd o f
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T ak e good ro ad s for yo u r tex t and
go e v e ry w h e re p ren ch ln g th e gospel
of b e tte r farm conditions.
T h e a v e ra g e bird Is th e fa rm e r’s
b est and tr u e s t frie n d —s ta n d by y o u r
frien d s—t he feath « re d so n g stera.
It la a p p a re n t th a t th e old c re d it
sy stem m u st give w ay to b u sin e ss
m ethods In financing th e crop.
T h e P h ila d e lp h ia S ociety fo r th e
P ro m o tio n of A g ricu ltu re Is th e old eat
a sso c ia tio n of Its kind In A m erica.
T h is w as o rg a n ise d by G eo rg s W ash
ington an d B enjam in, F ra n k lin In 17ÌS.
F arm in g Is a b u sin e ss p ro p o sitio n
and th e fa rm e r Is th e b ig g est b u sin e ss
m an in b u siness.
D on’t fo rg e t th e fa ith fu l old frien d
—th e h o ra e —rem e m b e r he la prone to
becom e tlrs d a s w ell a s yourself.
Som e of th e w orld's first g en tlem en
and sc h o la rs and p a trio ts w ere fa rm
e rs and today som e of th e w o rld ’s b eat
th o u g h t Is given to farm in g .
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