| Introductory: Rural Self-Respect and Progress |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| III. | Increased Popular Intelligence |
| | New agencies for popular education among the farms. |
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| IV. | The New Social Consciousness |
| | Group loyalty and a true social spirit. |
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| 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. |