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sm working through cooperation accounts for the change. The Central Cooperative Committee of Denmark controls the situation with consummate skill, with subordinate societies for production of every nature; for the manufacture of rural products such as butter and cheese; for the protection of credit, insurance, health, savings, etc.; even for the protection of the poor farmer against the loss of his single cow! The movement has become closely identified with the religious and patriotic sentiments and in fact springs from both. It is evident that with this strong movement for cooperation developing in America, two things must eventually follow. The unsocial, narrowly sectarian church must go; and our excessive Anglo-Saxon individualism is doomed,--that unsocial streak in rural life. There is surely a new spirit of cooperation in our country communities east and west which will ultimately overcome our country life deficiencies and make it the most satisfying life in all the world. Meanwhile the struggle is far from won and for men of vision, courage, social initiative and tact there is a great opportunity for leadership in social reconstruction which will challenge and reward the utmost consecration. TEST QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER V 1.--How do you account for the extreme independence and individualism of the American farmer? 2.--In what unsocial ways does this rural individualism express itself? 3.--What common weakness do you notice in every sort of rural institution? 4.--Why do city people as a rule cooperate more readily than most country people do? 5.--Why has it proven a rather difficult task to organize farmers? 6.--How do you account for the fact that farmers have less influence in politics than lawyers, though the farmers are seventy times as numerous? 7.--In what ways do farmers need to cooperate in their business relations? Illustrate. 8.--What shows the failure of country folks to cooperate in religious activities? 9.--What old-fashioned forms of recreation are now seldom seen in the country? What has taken their place? 10.--Why is a wholesome play spirit so essential to the morals of a community? 11.--Suggest different ways to "socialize" a country community. 12.--What plans for rural betterment would you include in your community program for the people to work out together? 13.--What specific plans would you suggest for organized play and community recreation? 14.--What sho
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