Plan of Macdonald Consolidated School grounds and gardens, Bowesville, Ontario, Canada.
Test Questions on Chapter III
1.—Why are the terms “countryman” and “farmer” ceasing to be used as terms of ridicule?
2.—What effect, in past years, has isolation had upon people living in the country?
3.—What modern means of intercommunication have largely overcome the evils of rural isolation?
4.—What are the social possibilities of the telephone for people living in the open country?
5.—Why are good roads so essential, socially and industrially, in the country sections?
6.—When was the “Good Roads Association” formed, and how much has your state expended for state roads the past twenty years? (Inquire of your County Surveyor.)
7.—What do the rural sections owe to the steam railroad system of the country?