Pages 14-30

[Some contrasts of town folk and country folk, 14][Comparisons of town and country affairs, 16][The two minds, 17][Will the American farmer hold his own? 19][The first two remedies, 21][Movement from city to country as remedy, 23][Sending the surplus population to the country, 25][Back-to-the-village, 26][Can a city man make a living on a farm? 27][What the city may do, 30].

[THE DECLINE IN RURAL POPULATION.—ABANDONED FARMS]

Pages 31-43

[Significance of the decline, 32][The abandoned farms, 37][The new farming, 41].

[RECLAMATION IN RELATION TO COUNTRY LIFE; AND THE RESERVE LANDS]

Pages 44-54

[The interests of society in the work, 45][A broad reclamation movement, 50][Supplemental irrigation, 51][We need reserves, 53].

[WHAT IS TO BE THE OUTCOME OF OUR INDUSTRIAL CIVILIZATION?]

Pages 55-60