5.--Why has it proven a rather difficult task to organize farmers? 6.--How do you account for the fact that farmers have less influence in politics than lawyers, though the farmers are seventy times as numerous? 7.--In what ways do farmers need to cooperate in their business relations? Illustrate. 8.--What shows the failure of country folks to cooperate in religious activities? 9.--What old-fashioned forms of recreation are now seldom seen in the country? What has taken their place? 10.--Why is a wholesome play spirit so essential to the morals of a community? 11.--Suggest different ways to "socialize" a country community. 12.--What plans for rural betterment would you include in your community program for the people to work out together? 13.--What specific plans would you suggest for organized play and community recreation? 14.--What should be done about Sunday baseball in country villages? 15.--What is the special usefulness of the Grange in a rural community? 16.--In what lines of business has cooperation proved successful in the country? Illustrate from the fruit growing industry. 17.--Why has cooperation proved more successful in the newer sections of the country than in the East? 18.--What can you say about the success of cooperation in Denmark? 19.--What is the difference between a joint-stock creamery and a purely cooperative creamery? 20.--In what ways can Christian people illustrate the principles of brotherhood and cooperation so as to overcome the social deficiencies of country life? EDUCATION FOR COUNTRY LIFE CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VI EDUCATION FOR COUNTRY LIFE _How Efficient Rural Citizenship Is Developed_ I. _Weaknesses in Rural Education_ The urbanized country school. Inferior school equipment and meager support. Weakness of the district system. Other problems of the country school. II. _Modern Plans for School Improvement_ Arguments for and against consolidation. Advantages of purely rural centralization. A thoroughly modern country school. A rural high school course of study. Elementary agriculture and school gardens. III. _Allies of the School in Rural Education_ School Improvement Leagues. Rural libraries and literature. Farmers' institutes and government cooperation. Agricultural colleges and their extension work. CHAPTER VI EDUCATION FOR COUNTRY LIFE HOW EFFICIENT RURAL CITIZENSHIP IS DEVELOPED I. Weaknesses in Rural Education.