APPENDIX

A Classified Bibliography

Suggested collateral readings for further study in connection with the topics treated in each chapter of this book.

I. The Rural Problem

Its Development and Present Urgency

Bailey, L. H., pp. 31-43 in “The Country Life Movement.”

Butterfield, K. L., “The Rural Problem,” chapter 1 in “The Country Church and the Rural Problem.”

Butterfield, K. L., “Problems of Progress,” chapter 2 in “Chapters in Rural Progress.”

Anderson, W. L., “The Rural Partnership with Cities,” chapter 2, in “The Country Town.”

Anderson, W. L., “The Extent of Rural Depletion,” chapter 3, in same.

Anderson, W. L., “Local Degeneracy,” chapter 5, in same.

Roads, Charles, “Rural Christendom,” chapters 3, 4 and 5.

Gillette, J. M., “Conditions and Needs of Country Life,” pp. 3-11 in “Country Life.”[46]

Hartman, E. T., “Village Problems and Characteristics,” pp. 234-243 in same.[46]

Hibbard, B. H., “Farm Tenancy in the United States,” pp. 29-39 in same.[46]

Cance, A. E., “Immigrant Rural Communities,” pp. 69-80 in same.[46]

Plunkett, Sir Horace, “The Rural Life Problem in the United States.” chapters 3-4.

II. Country Life Optimism

Rural Resources and the Country Life Movement

Bailey, L. H., “Why Boys Leave the Farm” and “Why Persons Take to Farming,” pp. 89-136 in “The Training of Farmers.”

Bailey, L. H., “Country and City,” chapter 2 in “The Outlook to Nature.”

Butterfield, K. L., “The Solution of the Rural Problem,” chapter 2 in “The Country Church and the Rural Problem.”

Anderson, W. L., chapters 4, 6, 8, 11 and 12, in “The Country Town.”

Carver, T. N., “Shall Rural People Set Their Own Standards?” pp. 370-4 in “Principles of Rural Economics.”

Roads, Charles, “Present Relations of City and Country” and “A Great Future for Rural Districts,” chapters 2 and 7 in “Rural Christendom.”

Ogden, H., “Vital Statistics of Rural Life,” chapter 1 in “Rural Hygiene.”

Plunkett, Sir H., chapter 7 in “The Rural Life Problem of the United States.”

Roosevelt, T., “Rural Life,” in “The Outlook” for Aug. 27, 1910.

True, A. C., “The U. S. Dept. of Agriculture,” pp. 100-109 in “Country Life.”

Bailey, L. H., “The College of Agriculture and the State,” pp. 219-263 in “The Training of Farmers.”

Powell, E. P., “How to Live in the Country.”

Washington, B. T., “How Denmark Has Taught Itself Prosperity and Happiness,” in “The World’s Work” for June, 1911.

III. The New Rural Civilization

Factors That are Making a New World in the Country

Kern, O. J., “The New Country Life,” chapter 1 in “Among Country Schools.”

Roads, Charles, “A Great Future for Country Districts,” chapter 7, in “Rural Christendom.”

Anderson, W. L., “New Factors,” chapter 13 in “The Country Town.”

Carver, T. N., “The Factors of Agricultural Production,” chapter 3 in “Principles of Rural Economics,” (also important paragraphs in chapter 2).

Langford, W., “What the Motor Vehicle is Doing for the Farmer,” in “Scientific American,” for Jan. 15, 1910.

Van Norman, H. E., “Rural Conveniences,” pp. 163-7 in Mar. 1912 issue of the “Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.”

Dixon, S. G., “The Rural Home,” pp. 168-174 in same.

Parker, Harold, “The Good Roads Movement,” pp. 51-7 in same.

Hamilton, John, “Influence Exerted by Agricultural Fairs,” pp. 200-10 in same.

Bailey, L. H., “Cyclopedia of American Agriculture,” many fine articles in Volume IV on social conditions.

IV. Triumphs of Scientific Agriculture

The Oldest of the Arts Becomes a New Profession

Carver, T. N., “Historical Sketch of Modern Agriculture,” chapter 2 in “Principles of Rural Economics.”

Carver, T. N., “The Factors of Agricultural Production,” chapter 3 in the same.

Butterfield, K. L., “The New Farmer,” chapter 4 in “Chapters in Rural Progress.”

Bailey, L. H., “The Agricultural Shift,” chapter 1 in “The State and the Farmer.”

Davenport, Eugene, “Scientific Farming,” pp. 45-50 in “Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,” March, 1912.

Hays, W. M., “Farm Development,” especially “Irrigation,” chapter 10.

Moorehead, F. G., “Efficiency on the Farm,” in “Technical World,” Aug., 1911.

Plunkett, Sir Horace, chapter 6 in “The Rural Life Problem of the United States.”

V. Rural Opportunities for Social Reconstruction

Country Life Deficiencies, and the New Cooperation

Bailey, L. H., “Community Life in the Open Country,” pp. 97-133 in “The Country Life Movement.”

Bailey, L. H., “Redirecting of Rural Institutions,” pp. 111-135 in “The State and the Farmer.”

Carver, T. N., “Principles of Rural Economics,” chapter 6 on “Problems of Rural Social Life,” and part of chapter 4.

Wilson, W. H., “Rural Decay and Repair” and “Cooperation and Federation,” also “Rural Morality and Recreation,” chapters 1, 4 and 5 in “The Church in the Open Country.”

Butterfield, K. L., “Federation for Rural Progress,” chapter 17 in “Chapters in Rural Progress,” also chapter 10 in same, on “The Grange.”

Eyerly, E. R., “Cooperative Movements Among Farmers,” pp. 58-68, in March 1912 issue of “The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.”

Scudder, M. T., “Rural Recreation a Socializing Factor,” pp. 175-190 in the same.

Johnson, G. E., “Education by Plays and Games,” especially chapters 1 and 2.

Stern, R. B., “Neighborhood Entertainments.”

Bancroft, “Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium.”

Heatherington, C. W., “Play for the Country Boy,” in “Rural Manhood” for May, 1911.

VI. Education for Country Life

How Efficient Rural Citizenship is Developed

Foght, H. W., “The American Rural School,” entire; especially chapter 15 on “Consolidation of Schools.”

Kern, O. J., “The Rights of the Country Child,” chapter 2 in “Among Country Schools.”

Butterfield, K. L., “The Rural School and the Community,” chapter 9 in “Chapters in Rural Progress.”

Zellar, J. W., “Education in the Country for the Country,” in the 1910 Report of the National Education Association.

Bailey, L. H., “The School of the Future,” chapter 3 in “The Outlook to Nature”; also “The Nature Study Idea.”

Bailey, L. H., “The Developing of Applicable Education,” pp. 135-172 in “The State and the Farmer.”

Wilson, W. H., “Schools for Country Life,” chapter 3 in “Church in the Open Country.”

Foght, H. W., “The Library and Rural Communities,” chapter 13, in “The American Rural School.”

Miller, L. K., “Children’s Gardens.”

“Rural Manhood,” rural education number, Sept., 1912.

Gold, G. D., “The Psychology of the Country Boy,” in “Rural Manhood” for April, 1911, and April, 1912.

VII. Rural Christian Forces

The Community-Serving Church and Its Allies

Anderson, W. L., “The Preservation of the Church” and “The Church as a Social Center,” chapters 16 and 17 in “The Country Town.”

Butterfield, K. L., “The Task of the Country Church” and “Difficulties and Suggestions,” chapters 3 and 4 in “The Country Church and the Rural Problem.”

Fiske, G. W., “The Function of the Country Church,” chapter 5 in “The Rural Church and Community Betterment.”

Wilson, W. H., “Church and Community,” chapter 2 in “The Church in the Open Country.”

Wells, G. F., “The Rural Church,” pp. 131-9 in March, 1912, “Annals of American Academy of Political and Social Science.”

Wells, G. F., “The Country Church and Social Service,” in Nov. 1910 issue of “The Gospel of the Kingdom.”

Roads, Charles, “Rural Christendom.”

Ashenhurst, J. O., “The Day of the Country Church.”

Beard, A. F., “The Story of John Frederick Oberlin.”

Tipple, E. S., “Some Famous Country Parishes.”

Roberts, A. E. and Israel, Henry, “The Rural Work of the Y. M. C. A.,” pp. 140-8 in March, 1912, “Annals of American Academy of Political and Social Science.”

VIII. Country Life Leadership

The Challenge to College Men and Women

Butterfield, K. L., “The Call of the Country Parish,” chapter 5 in “The Country Church and the Rural Problem.”

Foght, H. W., “The Rural School Teacher,” pp. 69-115 in “The American Rural School.”

Educational Review, October issue 1910, on “Ways in Which the Higher Institutions May Serve Rural Communities.”

Roberts, A. E., “Leadership,” pp. 133-143 in “The Country Church and Rural Welfare.”

Bailey, L. H., “Woman’s Contribution to the Country Life Movement,” pp. 85-96 in “The Country Life Movement.”

Butterfield, K. L., “Opportunities for Farm Women,” chapter 11 in “Chapters in Rural Progress.”

Woolley, M. E., “The College Woman as a Home Maker,” article in “The Ladies’ Home Journal,” Oct. 1, 1910.

Bailey, Butterfield, et al., “Report of the Country Life Commission.”

Israel, Henry, “The Basis of Appeal for County Work,” in “Rural Manhood” for January, 1912.

Fiske, G. W., “Religious Teaching in the Country,” in “Rural Manhood” for March, 1911.

Pontius, J. W., “College Men and Rural Evangelism,” in “Rural Manhood” for February, 1912.