Organizations of rural community, 169-180 Orchestras, 177 Overchurching, 125 Pageants, 36, 161 Parent-teachers associations, 97-98 Parks, 230 Park, R. E., and Miller, 236 Patrons of Husbandry, 170 Personality and play, 154 Physical education, 162 Plainsboro, N. J., incorporation, 205, 247 Play and recreation, 153-168; festivals, 156 Plunkett, Sir Horace, 12, 87, 88 Poe, Clarence, 81, 202 Poor officer, 187 Population, changes, 32; density of, 31 Postal service, 43 Poverty, 181, 182 Powell, G. Harold, 84 Pratt, Edwin A., 80 Provincialism, value of, 240 Public speaking contest, 96 Public welfare boards, 191 Race problems, 29, 30 Railroad, effect of, 39; stations, 224 Rankin, W. S., 145 Recreation, 153-168; church and, 133 Red Cross, 151; home service, 134, 191-192; nurse, 149 Religious life of the community, 121-136; education, 99, 130 Renville Co., Minn., health survey, 147 Roads, 40, 225, 227 Rochdale system, 79 Rodent control by communities, 64 Royce, Josiah, 238, 240 Rural organization, 89; planning committees, 230, 231 Russell, Geo. Wm. ("A.E."), 63, 75, 89 Ryder, E. H., 202 Sandy Spring, Md., 35 Sanitation, 143-144 School, 91-100; consolidation, 93-95; nurses, 147; play in the, 161; social center, 96, 165 Settlement of community, 38 Shaw, Albert, 197 Sims, N. L., 218 Smith-Gordon and Staples, 88 Smith-Hughes Act, 94 Smith-Lever Act, 111 Smith, Ruby Green, 119 Social center, 8; organization, 209; work, agencies for rural, 187; of minister, 134 South, community in the, 4, 10 Specialization in agriculture, 61-63 Standardization in marketing, 71 Stewart, C. L., 60 Stores, country, 50-52 Sunday school, 123-124, 130-131 Telephone, 43 Tenancy, 59 Tompkins Co., N. Y., churches, 125 Town planning, 223 Township, 196 Transportation, effect of, 39, 67 Union church, 128 Values of rural life, 16, 17, 61 Vienna, 69 Village communities, 3, 235 Village and farm, 46-57 Village, incorporated, 199; plan, 224; square, 225 Visiting teacher, 189 Waugh, Frank A., 223 Warren, G. F., 65 Wilson, Warren H., 58, 121 Woman, farm, position of, 19-22 Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 178 Young Men's Christian Association, 162 Young Woman's Christian Association, 162 THE FARMER'S BOOKSHELF Edited by KENYON L. BUTTERFIELD THE FARMER'S BOOKSHELF Edited by DR. KENYON L. BUTTERFIELD, President, Massachusetts College of Agriculture. Each $1.25, by mail, $1.35.