CHAPTER III
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. | |
CHAPTER III
THE NEW RURAL CIVILIZATION
FACTORS THAT ARE MAKING A NEW WORLD IN THE COUNTRY
Introductory: Rural Self-Respect and Progress