Pages 178-200
[These subjects have a history, 180]—[They are not party-politics subjects, 182]—[The soil is the greatest of all resources, 183]—[The soil crust, 185]—[No man has a right to plunder the soil, 188]—[Ownership vs. conservation, 190]—[The philosophy of saving, 192]—[The conservation of food, 194]—[The best husbandry is not in the new regions, 196]—[Another philosophy of agriculture, 197]—[The obligation of the farmer, 198]—[The obligation of the conservation movement, 200].
Pages 201-220
[The open country must solve its own problems, 201]—[Profitable farming is not a sufficient object in life, 202]—[New country professions, 203]—[The personal resources, 204]—[The meaning of the environment, 205]—[Historic monuments, 208]—[Improvement societies, 209]—[Entertainment, 211] ([Music spirit, 212]; [drama, 213])—[The business of farming, 217].
THE COUNTRY-LIFE MOVEMENT
The country-life movement is the working out of the desire to make rural civilization as effective and satisfying as other civilization.
It is not an organized movement proceeding from one center or even expressing one set of ideas. It is a world-motive to even up society as between country and city; for it is generally understood that country life has not reached as high development within its sphere as city life has reached within its sphere.