Show county retains rural library service plan eldora iowa hardin county iowa claims the distinction of 0 being the only county among the counties in the united states to provide library privileges for its farm families the experiment d dates ates back eight years when the county board ot of supervisors entered into a contract with three municipal libraries at eldora iowa falls and alden to furnish books to rural schools and rural residents the books are provided for two week periods at a cost to the hie reader of six cents a volume plus three cents a volume for po postage stige so successful was the experiment that the contract has been renewed to continue until august 1138 under the plan a box of books is returned every six weeks to the library from which it was borrowed and a new set of books selected by the librara librari librarians ans is seni sent out in addition to serving servina rural residents the library service is available to 1 small incorporated towns where no library exists |