Chapter III
Reading edition
The New Rural Civilization
Introductory: Rural Self-Respect and Progress
I.The Triumph Over Isolation
Conquering the great enemy of rural contentment.
The social value of the telephone.
Good roads, the index of civilization.
Railroads, steam and electric.
The rural postal service.
The automobile, a western farm necessity.
II.The Emancipation from Drudgery
The social revolution wrought by machinery.
The evolution of farm machinery.
Power machinery on the modern farm.
The social effects of lessened drudgery.
III.Increased Popular Intelligence
New agencies for popular education among the farms.
IV.The New Social Consciousness
Group loyalty and a true social spirit.
V.The Effect of the New Order on Rural Institutions
New efficiency in the modern school, church and farm.
Rural progress and the providence of God.