Hamlet life, 100--The category of agencies, 104 (increase of population, 105; dividing up of large farms, 106; assembling farms, 106; recreative life, 107; local politics, 108; rural government, 108; community program for health, 112; local factories and industries, 116; the country store, 118; the business men's organizations, 119; great corporations, 120; local institutions, 122; local rural press, 123; many kinds of extension teaching, 123; all kinds of communication, 124; economic or business coöperation, 125; personal gumption and guidance, 132)--Community interest is of the spirit, 133. A POINT OF VIEW ON THE LABOR PROBLEM PAGES 134-148 Reasons for the labor question, 135--The remedies, 137--Public or social bearings, 139--Supervision in farm labor, 142--What is the farmer to do? 146. THE MIDDLEMAN QUESTION PAGES 149-164 Farmer does not get his share, 149--Relation of the question to cost-of-living, 153--The farmer's part, 156--The middleman's part, 157--A system of economic waste, 158--Coöperation of farmers will not solve it, 158--It is the business of government, 160--Must be a continuing process of control, 161. COUNTY AND LOCAL FAIRS PAGES 165-177 Nature of the fair, 165--Features to be eliminated, 167--Constructive program, 167--The financial support, 168--An educational basis, 169--Ask every person to prove up, 171--Sports, contests, and pageants, 173--Premiums, 174--It is time to begin, 175--The fair ground, 176--My plea, 177. THE COUNTRY-LIFE PHASE OF CONSERVATION PAGES 178-200 These subjects have a history, 180--They are not party-politics subjects, 182--The soil is the greatest of all resources, 183--The soil crust, 185--No man has a right to plunder the soil, 188--Ownership _vs._ conservation, 190--The philosophy of saving, 192--The conservation of food, 194--The best husbandry is not in the new regions, 196--Another philosophy of agriculture, 197--The obligation of the farmer, 198--The obligation of the conservation movement, 200. PERSONAL SUGGESTIONS PAGES 201-220 The open country must solve its own problems, 201--Profitable farming is not a sufficient object in life, 202--New country professions, 203--The personal resources, 204--The meaning of the environment, 205--Historic monuments, 208--Improvement societies, 209--Entertainment, 211 (Music spirit, 212; drama, 213)--The business of farming, 217. THE COUNTRY-LIFE MOVEMENT The country-life movement is the working out of the desire to make rural civilization as effective and satisfying as other civilization. It is not an organized movement proceeding from one center or even expressing one set of ideas. It is a world-motive to even up society as between country and city; for it is generally understood that country life has not reached as high development within its sphere as city life has reached within its sphere.