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Show FARM DWELLERS , ASK jOR BOOKS H 'Announcement of the "Books for H I Everybody" Movement H I Brings Letter Flood. - H INFORMATIVE WORKS SOUGHT H StaquesU for Reading Matter Range Ibbbm H From Volume on Drainage, to H Collins' "Book of the H j The announcement of tho entrance H of tho American Library Association H upon the "Books for Everybody" move H Bicnt and still later news accounts of H jtho activities of tho organization along H jtlicse lines resulted In a widespread H jrippeal from residents of the rural dls- Hj trlcls of tho country for books on farm H kng. Whothcr the American farmer Is H simply evidencing his ambition to do H r good job better or whether tho better H jcrops of his noighbor, who has attend H fed an agricultural college or school, has H spurred him on Is a matter dlfllcult to H determine. Dut tho fact remains tho H farmer Is asking for books. The great H majority of American farmers aro ol- H ther without libraries and book service H or they aro Inadequately served. H One of tho points which the Amerl- H can Library Association In Its "Books H for Everybody" movement is strongly H urging Is tho extension of tho county H s library system In states whero enabling H nets have been passed some twenty H ono In number and tho proper Icglsla H tlon In others which havo not yet talc H en the step. Tho system, with Its ccn- H trnl library and radiating lines to sta- H tlons In tho remotest sections of the H county, assures good books to every H man, woman nnd child who cares to H reach out a hnnd nnd grasp one. H Letters Show Need of Service. H Tho American Library Association la H not giving Its entire attention to tho H urban dweller, nor Is It neglecting tho H centors of population for tho rural dls H trlcts and communities. It is, however, H unquestionably eager to crcato a steady H flow of Informatlvo rending to rural H America. That tho need for such scrv- H lco exists and that It Is anxiously H sought Is evidenced In every letter of H this nature received by stato library H commissions rind by tho A. L. A. A few H excerpts havo been selected because H they seem to express most truly tho H needs of tltousands of others. H When Lydla Carlson, whoso farm H Is beyond Mnson, Wis., asked for copies H of "Productive Farm Crops," "Pro H ductlvo Vegetable Growing" nnd."Prln- H clplcs of tho Practice of Poultry Hals H Ing" sho echoed tho book needs of her H neighbors. Then she revealed tho fact H that her eyes aro not always In the H furrows by asking for a copy of Col M llns' "Book of tho Stars." H What Others Desired. H Tliero was a pressing need behind H the letter from James Dunn, who lives H ten miles from Convent, La., the near H est town, which has a population of H only IKK) people Ho asked for u copy H of "Practical Farm Drainage." The H task of keeping his acres dry was bo H yond htm. Walter Williams of Ossco, H Wis., wanted to know if he could make H fuel alcohol from frozen potatoes and H spoiled fruits, nnd If ho could, were H there any hooks on tho subject. The H requests run tho wholo rnugo of farm H operations. Some wish to know how H to treat scale, others deslra facts on H bog raising. Books giving Information H on crop rotntlon aro In demand. H The American Library Association H Is raising a $2,000,000 fund to flnnnco H tlio "Books for Everybody" movement H which during tho noxt thrco years will H bo carried on In co-operation with exist H ing libraries and library agencies. The H money Is not being raised through the H medium of nn Intensive drlvo but H through tho Individual efforts of the H librarians, library trustees and friends H of libraries. |