Show PROBLEMS FACING agriculture by GEORGE RUSSELT RUSSELL irish agricultural Org nr str HEN city populations can no longer draw upon rural peoples W for leadership ti timber tuber civilizations such as flower in great britain and the unite 1 il states become endangered the problems of agriculture and rural life are alike the world over city people must realize the importance of maintaining more than serfdom on the farm good living conditions must prevail in rural areas areaba for at least one fourth of a nations population to insure economic and racial well being this is not to regained be gained by governmental subsidy a as some nations including the united states are attempting nor by communistic endeavor as in in russia The ionly only way drawing upon awen twenty ty five years of organizing effort and study in ireland and other european countries is by voluntary action to organize courier country men into a rural civilization such as has never been seen before there should be no conflict between urban and rural citizens because they lire are fundamentally one organization makes the farmer a better buyer for what the city produces produce sj farmers as individuals are generally too poor to buy all the expensive equipment which they could purchase if organized I 1 four fundamentals may inny be listed as necessary in building this rural civilization the building of not only economic but spiritual and cultural knowledge among farmers souad business practice and preservation of individual identity in organization development of other agricultural industries than food production and the federating of buying and selling power of farmers to create national consciousness among individuals |